[macosx-unix] AFP over TCP/IP

[Marco Scoffier]

Hi all,

I am revamping a network which now includes Mac OS 10.4 Tiger, machines
connect to a netatalk file server.  It seems that Mac has changed
something yet again.

When running appletalk (like before) and trying to connect from the mac
by going through the Network icon I get a Connection Failed this version
of appletalk is incompatible... error which from googling means you have
to use tcp/ip which is already on by default on the appletalk side (I
had turned on TCP/IP a few years ago to accomodate OS X.

Even with -noddp in afpd.conf to explicitly turn off the old style apple
talk, and running only afpd (no atalkd). I cannot get Tiger to connect
to the file server, when I %-K or Go --> 'Connect to server' and type
in the ip address, I can see and choose the volume which I want to
connect to so some level of authentication has worked, but get a
Connection Failed (error -5014)

Does anyone have any experience with this?  Do you have a best practice
shared central server, with a bunch of Tiger workstations setup, that
makes mounting a remote disk "mac easy".  Everyone is behind a firewall
but better security would be a plus.

Thanks,

-- 
Marco