atalkd

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atalkd

userland AppleTalk network manager daemon

          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

- Do not disassociate daemon from terminal. Writes 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