Update man page for atalkd: add explanation for -router.

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Stefan Bethke 1999-05-10 01:10:19 +00:00
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--- man/man8/atalkd.8.orig Thu Feb 4 08:28:28 1999
+++ man/man8/atalkd.8 Mon Mar 22 22:48:22 1999
+++ man/man8/atalkd.8 Mon May 10 03:03:42 1999
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
.BR ping (8)).
.B atalkd
@ -9,7 +9,62 @@
It first reads from its configuration file,
.BR :ETCDIR:/atalkd.conf .
If there is no configuration file,
@@ -121,3 +121,6 @@
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
[
.B -seed
] [
+.B -router
+] [
.B -phase
.I number
] [
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@
.I interface
are optional. The loopback interface is configured automatically. If
.B -seed
+or
+.B -router
is specified, all other fields must be present. Also,
.B atalkd
will exit during bootstrapping, if a router disagrees with its seed
@@ -97,10 +101,17 @@
.IR net-range ,
i.e. if you have three machines on an Ethernet, don't chose a
.I net-range
-of 1000-2000. Each
+of 1000-2000. Each network number can accomodate 253 devices. A
.I net-range
may have an arbitrary list of zones associated with it.
-.SH EXAMPLE
+.B -router
+can be used instead of
+.B -seed
+to define zones even if there is no AppleTalk router on the
+network, and
+.B atalkd
+only serves a single interface.
+.SH EXAMPLES
Below is an example configuration file for a sun4/40. The machine has
two interfaces, ``le0'' and ``le1''. The ``le0'' interface is
configured automatically from other routers on the network. The
@@ -115,9 +126,23 @@
.sp
.B atalkd
automatically acts as a router if there is more than one interface.
+.LP
+To configure
+.B atalkd
+to provide zones even when there is no router on the network, and it is
+serving only a single interface, use
+.sp
+.RS
+.nf
+le0 -router -net 1-1 -zone "My Zone" -zone "My other Zone"
+.fi
+.RE
.SH FILES
.TP 30
.B :ETCDIR:/atalkd.conf
configuration file
.SH BUGS
On some systems, atalkd can not be restarted.