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From: savage@gauss.llnl.gov (Joe Savage)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: a beginner's question on appletalk/ethertalk
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Date: 11 Jul 90 22:34:34 GMT
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This is a posting by a new reader of this group. We`re trying to implement an
Appletalk-to-Ethertalk converter for BSD 4.3 Unix. The idea is to eventually
allow users of remote macs to dial in to the Vax running Unix and have access
to the servers of their zones at work on the lab internet. We're grappling 
right now with the problem of what to do on the Vax. I gather that we want to
emit Ethertalk packets on the Ethernet side and Appletalk ones on the modem
side, and accept them appropriately. The problem is we're both new to network-
ing and can't seem to dig out the important nuggets from among the volumes of
reading we've been doing. Our questions are (1) Are we reinventing anything
that already exists that we could just grab and/or modify? Is there any
general advice we should know in doing what we're trying to do? What exactly
is the difference between appletalk and ethertalk packets?


This probably isn't even a sensible set of questions, but any answers would`
be most welcome.

Joe Savage (savage@gauss.llnl.gov)