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From: rewing@APPLE.COM (Richard Ewing)
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Subject: Re:  AppleTalk Phase II
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Date: 21 Jun 89 05:16:56 GMT
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Two good questions!  First, if you run router on the same machine as a server,
you must choose which network the Mac will actually show up under.  So if
you had an Ethernet network and two localtalk networks bridged by router,
the Router software will give you a chance during setup to pick the Macs home network.
That way, the server would appear under Ethernet, or the localtalk side in the chooser,
depending on your preference.  All machines on the network will be able to access
the server, regardless of which side (Ethenet or Localtalk), simply by selecting
the correct zone in the chooser that you have configured.  I think (though
I'm not sure) that Router has a little bit of intelligence not to reflect back
packets that are destined for its home machine, but you never quite know these
things.

The only difference between the old and new Ethertalk cards is that the new
ones have a few less chips, and probably cost us less to make (but will we
charge less?  nahhhh...).  The functionality is exactly the same, so don't
worry if you order some cards, and get the older models.

--Rick Ewing
  Apple Atlanta
  REWING@APPLE.COM