On our network (100BaseT) of 6-odd G3s & 3 G4s, a P233/32MB/60GB running Debian
Linux is a very fast netatalk server over TCP/IP.
All our clients connect TCP/IP by default (e.g., on my G4, AppleShare client
v.3.8.6)
We also have an intranet/file server running netatalk (TCP/IP clients) under
LinuxPPC 1999 on a Power Mac 8500 /150.
In your presentation, I would not hesitate to sell a Linux/netatalk solution on
the basis of speed and reliability .
Toby
Joe Rhodes wrote:
> This may seem like a dumb question, but I cannot seem to figure this out.
> Does Netatalk+asun (2.1.4-39) use TCP/IP by default when connecting via the
> chooser? Can it if it doesn't?
>
> When I do a "get info" on a mounted volume, it always says "via AppleTalk",
> unless I click on the "server IP" button and type in the server name.
>
> If, in my afpd.conf file, I give the -tcp option without the -transall
> option, or with the -noddp option, than the server does not appear in my
> chooser at all.
>
> Some of the posts that I've been reading suggest that some people are doing
> this. (And that they don't want to be for other reasons, but that's another
> story.)
>
> I've noticed that using an AppleShare IP 6.3 server, connecting via the
> chooser (in the normal fasion) results in TCP/IP connections. (At least,
> that's what the "get info" box has to say.
>
> I'm very interested in this, as I am proposing replacing an aging AppleShare
> IP 6.3 machine with Linux and Netatalk. Given the size of the network I'm
> dealing with (there's a lot more than apples talking) I'd like to keep the
> protocols over the wire as simple as possible. (Ok, yeah, and I want to set
> up a Linux box that's blistering fast compared to anything else in the
> place!)
>
> If you have any insight, it'd be greatly appreciated. I get to give a preso
> tomorrow on using a linux box in this capacity. I'd LOVE to be able to say,
> "yeah, and it talks TCP/IP too, unlike Windows and Novell services for Mac".
>
> My log files say this when I connect locally:
>
> Jul 5 22:42:12 decameron afpd[13221]: session from 41203.141:245 on
> 65280.227:129
> Jul 5 22:42:12 decameron afpd[13221]: randnum/rand2num login: jrhodes
> Jul 5 22:42:12 decameron afpd[13221]: login jrhodes (uid 500, gid 500)
> Jul 5 22:42:28 decameron afpd[13221]: 1.38KB read, 5.18KB written
> Jul 5 22:42:28 decameron afpd[13221]: done
>
> And this when I log in via "server IP" button:
>
> Jul 6 16:42:41 decameron afpd[13206]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 6:
> can't verify hostname: gethostbyname(nap.goliath.com) failed
> Jul 6 16:42:41 decameron afpd[13756]: ASIP session:548(2) from
> 156.46.248.162:56354(0)
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks so much in advance!
> -Joe Rhodes
>
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