NAME

       atalkd - userland AppleTalk network manager daemon

SYNOPSIS

       atalkd [-f configfile] [-P pidfile] [-1] [-2] [-d] [-t]

       atalkd [-v | -V]

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)). Specifically, this corresponds to the RTMP, NBP, ZIP, and AEP
       protocols in the AppleTalk protocol family.

       The init system of your OS will typically start the atalkd daemon at bootup. The daemon
       first reads from its configuration file, atalkd.conf. If there is no configuration file,
       or if no interfaces have been defined, atalkd will attempt to configure all available
       interfaces and will create a configuration file. See atalkd.conf(5) for details on the
       configuration file format.

OPTIONS

       -1
           Forces AppleTalk Phase 1.

       -2
           Forces AppleTalk Phase 2.

       -d
           Write some additional debugging information to stdout.

       -f configfile
           Consult configfile instead of atalkd.conf for the configuration information.

       -P pidfile
           Specifies the file in which atalkd stores its process id.

       -t
           Turns on transition routing.

       -v | -V
           Print version information and exit.

ROUTING

       If you are connecting an atalkd router to an existing AppleTalk network, 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 a LAN, choose a
       net-range below 1000. Each net-range may have an arbitrary list of zones associated with
       it.

       Note that atalkd automatically acts as a router if there is more than one interface, and
       no other configurations are present.

FILES

       atalkd.conf configuration file

SEE ALSO

       atalkd.conf(5)

AUTHOR

       See CONTRIBUTORS[1]

NOTES

        1. CONTRIBUTORS
           https://netatalk.io/contributors