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From: stefan@Promo.DE (Stefan Bethke) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD and netatalk? Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 18:01:34 +0200 Organization: Promo GmbH, Hamburg, Germany Lines: 25 Message-ID: <stefan-2709961801340001@stefan.promo.de> References: <52f1en$48n@scramble.lm.com> Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!chronos.syr.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!fu-berlin.de!news.dfn.de!news.ruhr-uni-bochum.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!genesis.westend.com!news.gtn.com!blackbush.xlink.net!news.ppp.net!stefan.promo.de!user In article <52f1en$48n@scramble.lm.com>, Michael Holling <myke@lm.com> wrote: > I have a machine I'd like to turn into a file/printer server for macs. > I'd like to use Netatalk. What's the current state of FreeBSD netatalk > development? Should I install 2.1.5, or get a 2.2 snapshot and go from > there? Also, I remember there being a FreeBSD-Netatalk mailing list but > can't find any references to it... > > -- > - Mike I'm running netatalk 1.3.3 with the patches from Mark Dawson (http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~md/netatalk/) on 2.1.0 and 2.1.5 quite happily. *However* you need a router on the network; the patched kernel code and atalkd don't work correctly if there is no router, or netatalk is the only router. Your mileage may vary. -- -- Promo Datentechnik | Tel. +49-40-431360-0 + Systemberatung GmbH | Fax. +49-40-431360-60 Waterloohain 6-8 | e-mail: stefan@Promo.DE D-22769 Hamburg | http://www.Promo.DE/