AppleTalk Zones not appearing.

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From: Aris Theocharides
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 09:32

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Hello,

I use a NeXTstation Turbo with no other NeXTs on my local net and am using
NeXTSTEP 3.0 (final, not beta). I have installed the AppleTalk package.

After turning on the AppleTalk connectivity via the Preferances app, I
re-boot, but with no Zones or Printers found. The /Net sub-dir is empty.

I use the default values that 3.0 has for the entries in the /localconfig
part of NetInfo of the AppleTalk section.

If I change the Network ID from 62580 -> 21250 (supplied by a system admin
person here) I can see the local Zones' machines/servers but do not see any
other zones at all.

The university here has many AppleTalk Zones, of the form :  unimelb-?????
in my departments case it is: unimelb-Maths. I do not see any of them.
When I try to connect to a printer via the PrintManager App, the system
keeps twirling away never finding a printer.

We use AppleTalkPhase = 1 here, and this was changed from 2->1 in the
NetInfo bit from the very start.

If anyone can make *any* sense of my comments please let me know. I would be
happy to explain further, especially to direct questions.

I guess the bottom line is: Why are there no Zones appearing? Why is the
NeXT not changing the Network ID from 62580 to something valid like 21250?
Why are there no printers available, even when I can see the local zones'
servers?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.



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