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)