There are multiple zones. Some come from the Cisco router others come from
Novell or windows seed routers. I have though just gotten rid of all seed
routing from anything but the Cisco but haven't been back to the printer
yet. I may do that today. (As it all goes live this Saturday!)
Hi Chris!
You definitely want one and only one router seeding a network segment.
Seeding creates a network number range for the Macs to use and zones names
are associated with these network numbers. Each network number can support
up to 253 Appletalk nodes. Therefore, a network number range of 1-1 is
enough for 253 Appletalk devices, a network number range of 1-2 is enough
for 506 Appletalk devices, etc. Be sure that you don't choose a range that
is out of line such as 1-1000. Your routing tables can become huge but will
be mostly empty.
When Macs and Appletalk printers power on and attempt to connect to the
network, they will broadcast a request asking for a unique Appletalk address
(much like an IP address). Having multiple routers seeding a network segment
can make things really confusing for them, especially if the routers are
seeding the same network number ranges.
When you make any changes to your routers or network seeding, try to do so
with all Appletalk devices powered off. When they restart, they should
discover themselves on a "new" network and fall within the correct network
number range. If the Macs have problems, you can zap the PRAM by holding
down the Option+Command+P+R keys while rebooting. Do this until you hear the
startup chimes a couple of times and then let go of the keys.
Hope this helps! bill
