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RE: (ASCEND) Appletalk Filters for P85
Reply to: RE: (ASCEND) Appletalk Filters for P85
msheehan wrote:
>I am currently configuring a Pipeline 85 to connect to a Max 4002. The
>Pipeline is for a home office and will have a PC and a Mac connected to it.
>It is setup to bridge IP, IPX and Appletalk. I have successfully setup
>filters for the PC so that the idle timer works correctly and the line only
>comes up on IP traffic with a bridge address configured and dial broadcast
>= no. Everything worked great until I put the Mac on. I have setup
>filters for the Mac and they apparently are working for the idle timer.
>What's not working is the Mac will periodically bring up the line with an
>echo packet. I have put a sniffer on the line and found it to be an
>appletalk echo packet (809b) and the destination is the hardware address
>(bridge address) of my router. It won't send out the packet until the line
>has come up at least once after the Pipeline has been rebooted. I can't
>filter out 809b totally, or then Appletalk won't work at all. Any
>suggestions (besides get rid of theMac)?
Appletalk on dialup connections has always been problematic; partly because its always looking for other devices, and partly because its minority status has discouraged people from finding a solution. One solution is OfficeConnect/A SLM, which runs on 3Com's OfficeConnect routers, and apparently 'spoofs' the connection.
(apologies for the earlier incomplete post)
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