Netatalk problems, the saga continues (falling from chooser etc.)


Subject: Netatalk problems, the saga continues (falling from chooser etc.)
From: Bas van der Linden (bas@mike.amaze.nl)
Date: Mon Jul 02 2001 - 04:45:39 EDT


Hi all,

Some days ago I mailed to the list with some problems, one of them being that
the server falls off the chooser and reappears again. This is completely random
behavior, there's no telling when that happens (at least not to me :).

One of the tips you gave me was that Intel Eepro/100 NIC's were known to have
some problems, expecially with multicasting.

I disabled the onboard nic and added a 3Com 3c905c-tx to see if that helped.
Unfortunately it didn't.

The problems I am experiencing are:

- Server falling off the chooser and reappearing again
- Other computers suddenly not showing up on the chooser anymore (where before
  the netatalk server was installed they did)
- Writes to the server occasionally stall (I just experienced a stall for about
  5-10 minutes when writing a <1 mb flas animation)
- general stalls when accessing the server occasionally (for instance when doing
  a directory lookup)

I don't see any errors in logfiles, other than standard things I would expect.
Things like this:
Jul 2 08:06:02 fileserver2 afpd[6078]: ASIP session:548(2) from 195.193.216.36:49166(0)
Jul 2 08:06:02 fileserver2 afpd[6078]: login noauth
Jul 2 08:06:02 fileserver2 afpd[6078]: login nobody (uid 99, gid 99)
Jul 2 08:06:11 fileserver2 afpd[6078]: logout nobody
Jul 2 08:06:11 fileserver2 afpd[6078]: 3.21KB read, 5.44KB written
Jul 2 08:06:11 fileserver2 afpd[712]: server_child[1] 6078 done

That looks normal to me :)

I haven't seen errors about networks or nics being resetted at all (wich was the
sometimes the case with Intel Eepro/100).

I'm running RH Linux 6.2, kernel 2.4.3, netatalk 1.4b2+asu-2.1.4-0.

These are my configs:

---- afpd.conf ----

# We are defining 2 servers here, one permits access to the general share, one permits access to the 'sys' share.
# The standard server should permit access to the general share.

- -tcp -ipaddr 195.193.216.32 -nocrlf -guest -nocleartext -guestname "nobody"

# The next server should permit to the 'sys' share

"SYS Server" -tcp -ipaddr 195.193.216.32 -port 12000 -loginmesg "Deze share is alleen voor toegang tot de 'sys' share!" -defaultvol /etc/atalk/sys-server/AppleVolumes.default -systemvol /etc/atalk/sys-server/AppleVolumes.system -nocrlf -guest -nocleartext

---- atalkd.conf ----

eth0 -phase 2 -net 0-65534 -addr 65310.10

---- config ----

AFPD_MAX_CLIENTS=50
ATALK_NAME=fileserver
ATALK_BGROUND=no
AFPD_RUN=yes
PAPD_RUN=yes

And this is the result of 'nbplkup':

                     SYS Server:AFPServer 65310.10:129
                     fileserver:AFPServer 65310.10:128
                     fileserver:netatalk 65310.10:4
                     fileserver:Workstation 65310.10:4
                711401-1BD09C78:Miramar AppleTalk Stack 65467.216:255
                           MAYA:Windows NT Workstation 65467.216:0
                           MAYA:AFPServer 65467.216:129
                 RobŐs Computer:Multi-User Client 65280.128:48
                 RobŐs Computer: Power Macintosh 65280.128:252
                 RobŐs Computer:Workstation 65280.128:4
         Marco Klein's computer: Power Macintosh 65280.128:252
         Marco Klein's computer:Workstation 65280.128:4
                               :ARA - Personal Server 65280.128:2
                      <Unnamed>: Power Macintosh 65280.128:252
       0100356122|ńRobHooG3˙xř:QuarkXPress< 65425.120:248
                       RobHooG3:RRNOTIFY 65425.120:251
                      Notify|78:PipeNotify 65425.120:250
                       RobHooG3:Multi-User Client 65425.120:48
                       RobHooG3: Power Macintosh 65425.120:252
                       RobHooG3:Workstation 65425.120:4
                       RobTesG3:Multi-User Client 65280.128:48
                       RobTesG3: Power Macintosh 65280.128:252
                       RobTesG3:Workstation 65280.128:4
               Fiery_5750_Print:EFI-NamedAppQueues 65280.220:129
                Fiery_5750_Hold:EFI-NamedAppQueues 65280.220:130
                     Fiery_5750:EFI-AppQueue 65280.220:129
              Fiery_5750_Direct:EFI-NamedAppQueues 65280.220:128
                Fiery_5750_Hold:LaserWriter 65280.220:130
               Fiery_5750_Print:LaserWriter 65280.220:129
              Fiery_5750_Direct:LaserWriter 65280.220:128
Marco Klein & PartnersŐs Comput:AFPServer 65287.47:247
320EE7BA04D14CAF30433B09CEE8C5CC:NSCP 65287.47:248
Marco Klein & PartnersŐs Comput:ADServer 65287.47:251
Marco Klein & PartnersŐs Comput: Power Macintosh 65287.47:252
Marco Klein & PartnersŐs Comput:Workstation 65287.47:4
                          dtp 4:PipeAqua 65413.175:249
                      Notify|af:PipeNotify 65413.175:239
                8600Ős Computer:ARA - Personal Server 65413.175:2
                8600Ős Computer:Multi-User Client 65413.175:48
                8600Ős Computer: Power Macintosh 65413.175:252
                8600Ős Computer:Workstation 65413.175:4
               LaserWriter 8500:LaserWriter 20.130:129
          LaserWriter 16/600 PS:LaserWriter 1.129:129

If anyone has some advice for me, I'd be really happy to hear it!

Hope you had a good weekend and will have a good day,

Bas van der Linden

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