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From: MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: AppleTalk phase 1/2 compatibility
Message-ID: <22973@cup.portal.com>
Date: 11 Oct 89 16:37:35 GMT
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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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