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ATALKD(8)							   Netatalk 2.2 							 ATALKD(8)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       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/netatalk/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 fields 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.

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 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/netatalk/atalkd.conf configuration file

BUGS

       On some systems, atalkd can not be restarted.

SEE ALSO

       atalkd.conf(5)

Netatalk 2.2							    06 Sep 2004 							 ATALKD(8)

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ATALKD.CONF(5)							   Netatalk 2.2 						    ATALKD.CONF(5)

NAME

       atalkd.conf - Configuration file used by atalkd(8) to determine the interfaces used by the master Netatalk daemon

DESCRIPTION

       /etc/netatalk/atalkd.conf is the configuration file used by atalkd to configure the Appletalk interfaces and their behavior

       Any line not prefixed with # is interpreted. The configuration lines are composed like:

       Interface [ options ]

       The simplest case is to have either no atalkd.conf, or to have one that has no active lines. In this case, atalkd should auto-discover the
       local interfaces on the machine. Please note that you cannot split lines.

       The interface is the network interface that this to work over, such as eth0 for Linux, or le0 for Sun.

       The possible options and their meanings are:

       -addr net.node
	   Allows specification of the net and node numbers for this interface, specified in Appletalk numbering format (example: -addr 66.6).

       -dontroute
	   Disables Appletalk routing. It is the opposite of -router.

       -net first[-last]
	   Allows the available net to be set, optionally as a range.

       -noallmulti (linux only)
	   On linux the interfaces, atalkd uses, are set to ALLMULTI by default caused by countless NICs having problems without being forced into
	   this mode (some even don't work with allmulti set). In case, you've a NIC known to support multicasts properly, you might want to set
	   this option causing less packets to be processed

       -phase ( 1 | 2 )
	   Specifies the Appletalk phase that this interface is to use (either Phase 1 or Phase 2).

       -router
	   Like -seed, but allows single interface routing. It is the opposite of -dontroute.

       -seed
	   The seed option only works if you have multiple interfaces. It also causes all missing arguments to be automagically configured from
	   the network.

       -zone zonename
	   Specifies a specific zone that this interface should appear on (example: -zone "Parking Lot"). Please note that zones with spaces and
	   other special characters should be enclosed in parentheses.

SEE ALSO

       atalkd(8)

Netatalk 2.2							 22 September 2000						    ATALKD.CONF(5)
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