routing AppleTalk ?

[netman2k5]

we've just converted into layer 3 routing using Cat 6509 with MSFC. However some users in old network using McIntosh now cannot browser the printers. Please help. Thank you very much.

[glen.grant]

I think you would have to post the config , not a whole lot to go on here . you could verify the cable ranges on the 6509 for each vlan and then make sure the clients match that cable range . the printers would also have to match the cable range for the vlan they are attached to, assume you have turned on appletalk routing .

[netman2k5]

Hi Glen,

Actually we have just thought about Appletalk routing; nothing done yet so we have no config. Is it true that AppleTalk routing will resolve our issue ? need to learn first before we could actually deploy it production network. Thanks.

netman2k5.

[Prashanth Krishnappa]

You will need Appletalk routing if your MACs and resources they are trying to access are in different VLANs. If they are all in the same VLAN, there is no need to enable Appletalk routing.

[netman2k5]

they're in different vlans. Please send me the link to do AppleTalk routing. Thank you very much.

[Prashanth Krishnappa]

The following pages should help you out

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/applet.htm

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/12_1e/swconfig/l3_int.htm#wp1020682

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122cgcr/fatipx_c/2cfovrvw.htm

[netman2k5]

thanks a lot for the sample config. On the "cable-range" config, is it an arbitrary number or it has to be something unique ?

[Prashanth Krishnappa]

It is network address and has to be unique for that segment. Do you have any another router in the network which is running Apple-talk? If so, that router will act as seed router(The seed router will define the network number or cable range for the other routers in that network segment).

[netman2k5]

no, I don't have any other router running AppleTalk. This is the Cat6509 w/ MSFC and only one vlan has MAC users. So I can arbitrarily assigned "cable-range 100" ? thanks a lot.

[Prashanth Krishnappa · Accepted solution]

OK.. I thought you said they were in multiple VLANs.. Anyway.. here is how you configure it

conf t

appletalk routing

int vlan x

appletalk cable-range 100-150

Also, I suggest that you read the documentation I pointed. It will help you understand what each command does.

[netman2k5]

thank you very much.