IIgs to PC via network -- AppleShare question

[fadden@netcom.com (Andy McFadden)]

I'm trying to hook up my IIgs to a PC via AppleTalk.  I've done the following:

 - Bought a Shiva FastPath 4 AppleTalk<->Ethernet converter.  Hail eBay!
 - Bought some spare localtalk connectors to connect the printer port
   on my IIgs to the FastPath.  Hail eBay!
 - Configured my ROM 01 IIgs for AppleShare out the printer port (slot 7
   to "appletalk", slot 1 to "your card").  I used the 6.0.1 installer
   to get the appletalk/appleshare goodies installed.
 - Installed Macintosh Server Stuff under WinNT4 Server (SP5).
 - Installed the latest netatalk under Red Hat Linux 6.0.  Different PC,
   so both systems can be up at the same time.

The IIgs boots cleanly.  In the finder I can bring up the AppleShare
control panel.  Trouble is, there's nobody home.

The blinking lights on the front of the FastPath suggest that all of
the wiring is sound.  When I open up the AppleShare control panel on
the IIgs I get a few blips on the FastPath LED, and the inane broadcasts
from WinNT4 flash the other FastPath LED.  The Farallon AUI<->10baseT
connector LEDs also blink at appropriate moments.

What I think I'm missing out on is some sort of AppleShare "zone"
configuration.  When I did a test run of the WinNT Macintosh stuff at work,
it specified a default zone (the same zone that all the Macs in the
building are connected to).  Didn't get that at home; I just got nothing.
The Linux stuff seems to be trying to contact some other entity; I get:

nbp_rgstr: Connection timed out
Can't register quake:Workstation@*
nbp_rgstr: Connection timed out
Can't register quake:netatalk@*

My question is, register with what?  I get the feeling that, if I can
figure out what Linux and WinNT think they need, I'll also figure out
what it is my IIgs needs.

I'm hoping the answer isn't, "you need a Macintosh".

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