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From: rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: MacTCP and FastPath 4
Message-ID: <11639@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 15 Nov 90 18:32:06 GMT
References: <9161@ncar.ucar.edu>
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Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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From article <9161@ncar.ucar.edu>, by hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe):
> I have not been successful in getting MacTCP on LocalTalk nodes to work 
> with a FastPath 4 (4.1 ROMs) running the built-in "IP sub-sectioning" code.
> 
> I called Shiva Tech Support and was told that this was possible, but 
> required patching MacTCP with ResEdit. He claimed that they run FastPaths 
> that way in house, but could not tell me how to make the patch. He also 
> said that there was no one else there that could help me.
> 
Is there a reason you don't use K-Star IP, and dynamic addressing?  It's 
simpler to set up (assuming it works correctly.)  The only reason I know
of is to get a static address for mail purposes.  And you can get static
addresses with K-Star as well.