TITLE
    At Ease: No Multihoming Support
Article ID:
Created:
Modified:
30733
9/2/98
11/2/00

TOPIC

    I have set up an AppleShare IP/At Ease server for multihoming with two network segments, one using built-in Ethernet and the other using an additional Ethernet PCI Card. At Ease clients on one segment can see the server and use At Ease with no problems, but At Ease clients on the other segment get an error at startup stating the At Ease server can not be found, even though we can see the server in the Chooser.


DISCUSSION

    At Ease does NOT currently support multihoming, regardless of how the AppleShare IP server is configured. At Ease will only serve information from the zone selected in the ASIP server's AppleTalk control panel. To make the At Ease server accessible to other networks, you must connect the network segments using a router.

    Something to consider about using multihoming with At Ease is that even with a router installed, the At Ease Server only knows the location of the file server on the primary segment. It does not know the file server is available on other network segments.

    When At Ease connects a client to the server, it will use the connection information provided by the At Ease Server extension (machine name and zone the server resides in). This mean all connections to the At Ease server will go through the router connecting the network segments. This usually means a degradation in network performance if you are using a software router or one of your segments uses LocalTalk cabling.

    More information about multihoming is available in Article 20378: " Apple Products: Multihoming and Multinode Support ".

Document Information
Product Area: Apple Software
Category: At Ease
Sub Category: General Topics

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