Netopia PN Series manual Reference Guide

6-8 Reference Guide

1.Select AppleTalk Routing and toggle to On.

2.Select AppleTalk Zone Name and enter a name of your choice (this will apply to both the EtherTalk and LocalTalk networks) to distinguish your network from the other facilities. The two different networks will appear in the same zone.

3.Observe EtherTalk Net Number. This value is the EtherTalk network number. You may type in a new network number, or leave the value as it originally appears.

4.Observe LocalTalk Net Number. This value is the LocalTalk network number. You may type in a new net number, or leave the value as it originally appears.

5.Select AURP Partner Address or Name and enter the AURP partner’s IP address or domain name. If you do not know the remote network’s IP address, enter its domain name. Domain names are the Internet addresses favored by people (for example: twain.gov, chagall.arts.edu, etc.). Domain names are matched to the IP addresses actually used by the router (for example: 163.7.8.202).

6.Once you enter the IP address or domain name of the remote AppleTalk network that you would like to connect to, an additional field appears. To initiate a connection with an AURP partner, select Initiate Connection and toggle it to Yes.

Note: Small Office users can only create one AURP partner.

7.Select Accept AURP Connections and press Return. You have two choices for accepting AURP connections. A pop-up menu appears with the options Configured Partners Only or Anyone. Choosing Configured Partners Only will tell the Router to only accept a connection from the pre-defined partner. Choosing Anyone will allow any AURP machine to connect.

8.Select Tickle Interval (HH:MM:SS) and set the timer to indicate how often a tickle or ‘are you still there’ packet will be sent to the remote AppleTalk network.

This parameter can be set between 0 and 100 hours. If this value is set to 0, the Netopia Router will never send out a tickle packet.