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From: bhall@pbs.org (Dark Star)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Phase 1 vs. Phase 2
Message-ID: <1991Jan18.175928.11397@pbs.org>
Date: 18 Jan 91 22:59:27 GMT
References: <1991Jan17.205340.11378@pbs.org> <48241@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA
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> We do, however, make extensive use of the multiple zone name per
> network feature which allows us move network services to anywhere on
> the network and still keep the original zone name while people get used
> to the new location.  We tend to reorganize and move quite often, so
> this feature comes in handy.
> 

How does this work?  "Who" supplies the zone names?  The Macs themselves?
Routers?

> 
> If anybody is interested, I'll post a "Guts of Apple's Internal
> Engineering Network" which contains some surprising numbers.  
> Send some e-mail if you want to see it.
> 

I'd love to see that.  I am especially interested in the Wide Area aspects
of the network.  

Thanks for the info.

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