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- From: cranch@novell.com (Christopher Ranch)
- Subject: Re: Comments on AppleTalk Internet Router?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.181236.3413@novell.com>
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:12:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov8.135222.28797@colorado.edu> cary@jove.Colorado.EDU (John R. Cary) writes:
- >I am looking for a cheap solution to AppleTalk tunneling
- >through IP networks. Recently I have heard of the
- >AppleTalk Internet Router (3.0?). Does anyone have experience
- >with this product?
-
- It's not released, but Alan Oppenheimer was showing it on the
- Interop floor.
-
- >1. Does it do KIP (so that I can run it with CAP).
-
- No. It uses the new AURP suite of protocols (functions), which
- is not compatible with any current AppleTalk in IP methods.
-
- >2. Does it run on a Mac Plus (with a SCSI ethernet adaptor)? I
- > have some of these around, little used. So I could
- > dedicate a MacPlus. Otherwise:
-
- Good question. System 7 is required, and you'ld need 4MB+ memory
- and SCSI Ethernet drivers that don't die. It might actually
- work, though.
-
- >3. Will it significantly slow down a Mac IIcx?
-
- Anytime you use a workstation for routing, you will always notice
- a performance hit. The real question is where is your functionality/
- performance threshold? If a lot of folks are going to traverse it
- to print, and the poor user needs the CPU cycles, it's not a good
- idea. Time to add an interface to your NetWare servers (to provide
- the routing), or get another stand-alone router.
-
- >Any other comments would be appreciated.
-
- Good luck,
-
- Chris
- ---
- Chris Ranch
- Internetworking Products Division
- Novell, Inc. San Jose, CA
- (408)473-8667 cranch@novell.com
- I may work for Novell, but I don't speak for them...
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