[comp.protocols.appletalk] AppleTalk phase 1/2 compatibility

ge@kunivv1.sci.kun.nl (Ge' Weijers) (10/11/89)

Just a short question: what happens if AppleTalk phase 1 & 2 are mixed on
an Ethernet?

- disaster
- everything works as usual
- ???

Thanks in advance

Ge' Weijers


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Ge' Weijers                                    Internet/UUCP: ge@cs.kun.nl
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University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1         
6525 ED Nijmegen, the Netherlands              tel. +3180612483 (UTC-2)

MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi) (10/11/89)

ge@kunivv1.sci.kun.nl (Ge' Weijers) writes:

>Just a short question: what happens if AppleTalk phase 1 & 2 are mixed
>on an Ethernet?

It is my understanding that you need a router on a mixed Phase 1/2 net
that has the capability to understand both Phase 1 and 2. Phase 1
nodes are made to live in separate zones than Phase 2 nodes; the
router handles the necessary "translation."

The AppleTalk Internet Router does this; Kinetics offers something
similar for the FP4.

Is anyone out there using EtherTalk 2.0? If so, are you willing to
share the experiences you had when switching from Phase 1 to Phase 2?

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