[OpenAFS] Multihomed fileserver and windows client

[Jeffrey Altman]

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After looking at the code it is very clear that the Windows code base
does not support multi-homed servers.   I am adding this to the list of
things which must be done to improve the Windows client.

Jeffrey Altman


Mitch Collinsworth wrote:

> 
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> I'm fairly sure I remember the unix client officially supporting this
> sometime before the spinning off of OpenAFS.  Is there any place today
> where one can consult release notes for old IBM/Transarc releases to
> verify?
> 
> I'm not currently in a position to test this but am interested in the
> results since we are considering adding a multi-homed server at some
> point.  I wonder if anyone else is in a position to perform a test to
> verify Fabio's results?
> 
> -Mitch
> 
> 
> On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> 
>> I have no idea if the Windows client contains multi-homed support or 
>> not.  If there was a patch applied to the Unix client in order to
>> support multi-homed servers, please point me at it so that I can
>> apply a similar patch to the Windows client.
>>
>> Jeffrey Altman
>>
>>
>> Fabio Bucciarelli wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I've tested AFS within a test environment consisting of 3 linux 
>>> multihomed AFS servers (vlserver and fileserver) both connected to 
>>> two LANs. I didn't define any NetInfo or NetRestrict file.
>>>
>>> In addition, I have both windows and linux clients each connected to 
>>> one LAN or another.
>>> Linux clients work in both networks, while windows clients work only in
>>> one of them (the one corresponding to eth0 interface for servers).
>>>
>>> Windows client can ask the vldbserver, but when I try to access to the
>>> afs filesystem, it use the wrong IP address of fileserver (that of the
>>> first network).
>>>
>>> I suppose that Windows client has not the multihomed support. Is that 
>>> right?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>>  Fabio

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