kenw@noah.arc.CDN (Ken Wallewein) (05/29/88)
Would somebody _please_ summarize the differences between KIP/CAP and Kinetics software for the Fastpaths? As I understand it, CAP is actually Unix-based Appletalk, Appleshare, and print spooling software. It's unclear to me whether CAP can talk Ethertalk, or must have a Fastpath to be useful. KIP, on the other hand, is (I believe) software for the Fastpath, which requires communication with a CAP machine to function properly. I don't believe it supports Ethertalk gatewaying. As I understand it, KIP talks to CAP via Appletalk encapsulated in TCP/IP. Kinetics software for the Fastpath is reputedly somewhat less capable, but apparently supports both Ethertalk and IP routing. If I want to use Pacer-based Appleshare on our VAX/VMS machine, and CAP- based Appleshare on a Sun, I guess I gotta use Kinetics' etalk-gw.srec, right? /kenw