Installation guide

AppleTalk Access Problems
5-8
AppleTalk Gateway Route
Solution
If the AppleTalk node to which you wish to connect is outside your local LAN, there may
be a problem connecting to a router between the LANs. The access server keeps track of a
default AppleTalk router to which it directs all attached host-generated AppleTalk traffic
that is destined off the local network. The entry for this router is in the SHOW
APPLETALK ROUTING display with the destination field specifying "<default>", as
follows:
Local> SHOW AppleTalk ROUTES
AppleTalk Routes Server:LAT_08002B24F24F
Destination Next Hop Status Interface Seconds since
Last Validated
12344-12350 12346.132 Up Ethernet 159
<default> 12347.1 Up Ethernet 20
12349.223 12345.132 Up Asynch7 29
12348.144 12345.132 Up Asynch3 116
If a default routing entry does not exist, the following lists possible causes and solutions:
• There is no active AppleTalk router on the network. Check the AppleTalk routers on
the network.
• The access server could not create a routing entry for the default router. This occurs if
there is a memory usage problem. Check the Error field in the SHOW APPLE TALK
STATUS display. Verify the access server memory usage. See the section Verify Access
Server Memory Usage (page 2-6).
If this default routing entry does exist, but attached hosts still cannot send traffic off the
local network, the following lists possible causes and solutions:
• The router in question is not functioning. Check the status of the router.
• The attached hosts have acquired addresses in the start-up range and all, or almost all,
valid addresses in the network range are being used. See the section Verify AppleTalk
Address Is Within the Network Range (page 5-4).