On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Daniel E. Lautenschleger wrote:
> I have several Linux boxes running Netatalk. Bear with me as I'm not that
> familiar with the AppleTalk protocol.
>
> I see how one can go into the AppleTalk control panel and view the
> AppleTalk address for a particular machine. My question is how do you
> determine the AppleTalk address that a router is assigning to a Linux box.
> I'm assuming the address is assigned by the router. Sorry if I'm wrong.
Type "ifconfig" to look at the configuration of each network interface.
You should see a line which lists the Ethernet Phase 2 address. That is
your Appletalk address.
> Also, is there a software program that allows you to resolve AppleTalk
> addresses to hardware addresses on a network?
There is not a program to do this, but the information is available in the
/proc filesystem. Try "cat /proc/net/aarp".
Andy
