chris wrote: >They currently have a router that handles AppleTalk (and I think may be >acting as the zone seed). They have two zones, about 200 Macs, and a few >dozen printers. > >They are replacing the router with a new one. This new one does NOT >support AppleTalk. (The decision on the router is made, and its already >been purchased, so we have to work with it).
Sounds like the LAN is fully connected, so the zones may not be needed. The router probably routes IP traffic to the outside world, and most likely the two zones were there just to get around the 253 node limit of un-routed AppleTalk. If so, all you need is a zone seed -- some sort of Appletalk router that tells everyone there is just one zone with a range of network numbers (an AppleTalk Phase 2 feature that gets past the 253 node limit). Hopefully your switches and hubs are transparent to AppleTalk, so everyone will see the one AppleTalk router and zone and be able to see every local service in the Chooser. You lose the ability to connect to remote zones with AppleTalk, but you probably weren't doing that anyway. At the school where I help out, every other school in the district shows up in the zone list, but nobody ever goes outside their local zone. >I know with the File Servers, I can just activate AppleTalk over IP and >those will continue to work thru the new router. AppleShare/IP should already be active anyway for best performance. Clients use AppleTalk and the Chooser to initially find local servers, then they switch to IP once selected. The IP router would only be involved if the server is remote. Please let us know how you end up solving the issue! -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; end list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
