Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 00:43:42 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Matt White <s012mrw@discover.wright.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Samba and NetaTalk Snafu? Message-ID: <199804092343.AAA29882@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 09 Apr 1998 08:09:53 EDT." <199804091211.IAA01174@newton.bunnynet.org>
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> I have had a weird problem for the past few months since moving my server
> from Linux to FreeBSD.
>
> Clients can only connect via Samba when our PPP connection to the
> Internet is up. If the PPP connection is not up when the clients attempt
> to connect to the server the attempt will simply time out after a few
> minutes with the connection never being made. However, as soon as I bring
> up the PPP connection, clients can connect almost instantly without
> problems.
>
> This was annoying, but we knew how to work around it so it hasn't been
> much of a problem.
>
> However, now we're trying to allow Macintosh clients to connect to the
> server as well. The server will appear in the Chooser (under both
> AppleShare for file sharing and LaserWriter 8 for it's printer), but when
> the clients attempt to connect once again the connection times out and
> nothing is done. However, this time, the problem cannot be solved by
> bringing up the PPP connection.
>
> At boot time the server "freezes" at the netatalk initialization stage,
> and eventually times out. (After about 30 seconds.) When afpd tries to
> fire up it dies with the following error:
>
> Apr 9 07:49:10 newton afpd[1094]: Can't register newton:AFPServer@*
>
> ...and when papd attempts to start up I get this error:
>
> Apr 9 08:02:10 newton papd[1108]: can't register newton:LaserWriter@*
>
> Some system information:
>
> - Pentium 166
> - 32MB RAM
> - FreeBSD 2.2.5 from the November 1997 CD's (very few patches have been
> installed)
> - NE2000 NIC
>
> Our network is setup in the 10.3.2.0/24 range. TCP/IP will always work in
> and out of the server.
>
> The server is doing PPP aliasing. (Which is where I think the problem may
> ultimately lie.)
>
> Any suggestions, comments, jabs? =)
Are you using the same IP for the tun interface ? Perhaps you
need an IP alias on the loopback interface - something like
ifconfig_lo0_alias0="inet 10.3.2.1 netmask 0xffffffff"
in /etc/rc.conf.
> --
> Matt White
> s012mrw@discover.wright.edu
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