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From: wcc@cup.portal.com (wcc - usa)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Wide-area AppleTalk--a problem and an idea
Message-ID: <31688@cup.portal.com>
Date: 13 Jul 90 21:58:59 GMT
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro writes:
> I don't know if this issue has come up before, but here goes...
> 
> A suggestion was made to me recently (only half-serious so far) about
> doing wide-area AppleTalk routing between our varsity and others
> in New Zealand.
> 
> It seems to me a solution is possible, by adding suitable
> software to the wide-area AppleTalk routers, to do "network number
> aliasing".

Craig McGowan (mcgowan@crd.ge.com)
> An number of sites on the Internet are already doing this.

With AppleTalk or with other network protocols?

I have a list of other perceived problems, but if it's already working
somewhere I'll keep it to myself :-)

Tom Evans
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