--- man/man8/atalkd.8.orig Thu Feb 4 08:28:28 1999 +++ man/man8/atalkd.8 Mon May 10 03:03:42 1999 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ .BR ping (8)). .B atalkd is typically started at boot time, out of -.B /etc/rc. +.B :ETCDIR:/rc.d/netatalk.sh . It first reads from its configuration file, .BR :ETCDIR:/atalkd.conf . If there is no configuration file, @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ [ .B -seed ] [ +.B -router +] [ .B -phase .I number ] [ @@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ .I interface are optional. The loopback interface is configured automatically. If .B -seed +or +.B -router is specified, all other fields must be present. Also, .B atalkd will exit during bootstrapping, if a router disagrees with its seed @@ -97,10 +101,17 @@ .IR net-range , i.e. if you have three machines on an Ethernet, don't chose a .I net-range -of 1000-2000. Each +of 1000-2000. Each network number can accomodate 253 devices. A .I net-range may have an arbitrary list of zones associated with it. -.SH EXAMPLE +.B -router +can be used instead of +.B -seed +to define zones even if there is no AppleTalk router on the +network, and +.B atalkd +only serves a single interface. +.SH EXAMPLES Below is an example configuration file for a sun4/40. The machine has two interfaces, ``le0'' and ``le1''. The ``le0'' interface is configured automatically from other routers on the network. The @@ -115,9 +126,23 @@ .sp .B atalkd automatically acts as a router if there is more than one interface. +.LP +To configure +.B atalkd +to provide zones even when there is no router on the network, and it is +serving only a single interface, use +.sp +.RS +.nf +le0 -router -net 1-1 -zone "My Zone" -zone "My other Zone" +.fi +.RE .SH FILES .TP 30 .B :ETCDIR:/atalkd.conf configuration file .SH BUGS On some systems, atalkd can not be restarted. +This is not an issue with FreeBSD. +.SH SEE ALSO +atalk(4).