ATALKD(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 ATALKD(8)

NAME

       atalkd - AppleTalk RTMP, NBP, ZIP, and AEP manager

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/atalkd [ -f configfile ] [ -1 | -2 ]

DESCRIPTION

       atalkd  is  responsible	for all user level AppleTalk network management. This includes routing, name registration and lookup, zone lookup,
       and the AppleTalk Echo Protocol (similar to ping(8)).  atalkd is typically started at boot time, out of /etc/rc.  It first reads  from  its
       configuration  file, /etc/atalk//atalkd.conf.  If there is no configuration file, atalkd will attempt to configure all available interfaces
       and will create a configuration file.  The file consists of a series of interfaces, one per line.  Lines with `#' in the first  column  are
       ignored, as are blank lines.  The syntax is

	      interface [ -seed ] [ -phase number ] [ -net net-range ] [ -addr address ] [ -zone zonename ] ...

       Note  that  all	field  except the interface are optional.  The loopback interface is configured automatically.	If -seed is specified, all
       other fields must be present.  Also, atalkd will exit during bootstrapping, if a router disagrees with its seed information.  If  -seed	is
       not  given,  all other information may be overriden during auto-configuration.  If no -phase option is given, the default phase as given on
       the command line is used (the default is 2).  If -addr is given and -net is not, a net-range of one is assumed.

       The first -zone directive for each interface is the ``default'' zone.  Under Phase 1, there is only one zone.  Under Phase 2,  all  routers
       on  the	network are configured with the default zone and must agree.  atalkd maps ``*'' to the default zone of the first interface.  Note:
       The default zone for a machine is determined by the configuration of the local routers; to appear in a non-default zone, each service, e.g.
       afpd, must individually specify the desired zone.  See also nbp_name(3).

ROUTING

       If  you	are  connecting a netatalk router to an existing AppleTalk internet, you should first contact your local network administrators to
       obtain appropriate network addresses.

       atalkd can provide routing between interfaces by configuring multiple interfaces.  Each interface  must	be  assigned  a  unique  net-range
       between	1  and	65279 (0 and 65535 are illegal, and addresses between 65280 and 65534 are reserved for startup).  It is best to choose the
       smallest useful net-range, i.e. if you have three machines on an Ethernet, don't chose a net-range of 1000-2000.  Each net-range  may  have
       an arbitrary list of zones associated with it.

EXAMPLE

       Below  is an example configuration file for a sun4/40.  The machine has two interfaces, ``le0'' and ``le1''.  The ``le0'' interface is con-
       figured automatically from other routers on the network.  The machine is the only router for the ``le1'' interface.

	      le0
	      le1 -seed -net 9461-9471 -zone netatalk -zone Argus

       atalkd automatically acts as a router if there is more than one interface.

FILES

       /etc/atalk//atalkd.conf	     configuration file

BUGS

       On some systems, atalkd can not be restarted.

netatalk 1.3							    17 Nov 1995 							 ATALKD(8)