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From: Tkaczuk.apple.com (Rick Donnelly)
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Subject: Re: Appletalk Phase 1 - 2 Question.
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Date: 1 Feb 91 17:38:12 GMT
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>Clarification would help me understand this "Upgrade Utility".
>Does it allow a Phase I user/router to see all the zones of an extended
>Phase II network having a range of several network numbers?
>Where does it run?

Mike,

The Upgrade Utility is an INIT that is installed on a Phase II router that 
is directly connected to the Phase 1 (node or router).  The utility 
converts the Phase I packets (with non-extended network addressing) to 
Phase II packets (with extended addressing so that the packets can be 
routed).  The utility is, however, a stopgap measure. The phase 1 nodes 
will not be able to find any network that has been assigned a range of 
packets (the extended network information cannot be passed in a Phase 1 
packet) and will only be able to see localtalk networks or those 
Ether/Token networks that do not have a network range.

Rick



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