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From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Phase 1 vs. Phase 2 (was Re: Apple's New Ethernet Card)
Message-ID: <1"ibh2.f+7@smurf.sub.org>
Date: 19 Jan 91 13:22:00 GMT
References: <29360@usc> <38141@cup.portal.com>
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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In comp.protocols.appletalk, article <38141@cup.portal.com>,
  MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi) writes:
<  
< Every LT<->ET router manufacturer
< that I'm aware of supports both Phase 1 and Phase 2, and only one
< router that I can think of can't route between Phase 1 Enet and Phase
< 2 Enet.
<  
One notable exception is Ungermann Bass's MaxTalk, which is still
Phase-1-only. (Phase 2 support is announced...)

The MaxTalk also has some routing problems with gateing TCP/IP traffic.
Other than that, we're reasonably satisfied with it.

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