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From: winders@aux.support.apple.com (Scott Winders)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Appletalk for VMS 2.1 (Is it *really phase II?)
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Date: 5 Feb 91 21:45:47 GMT
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In article <1583@wcc.oz.au> tom@wcc.oz.au (Tom Evans) writes:

> With AppleTalk Phase 2 (not "II") you have Non-extended and Extended 
> networks. LocalTalk is non-extended.
>
> If anyone ever succeeds in giving a LocalTalk network a network number
> range and a zone list so it can be "100% Phase 2", I'd like to hear
> about it :-).

Tom,

As you so aptly point out, LocalTalk is a nonextened network.   Inside 
AppleTalk, Second Edition, clearly states that nonextended networks are 
assigned exactly one network number and exactly one zone name.  Because of 
this, LocalTalk will never have a zone list or a network range associated 
with it.

Also, whether a network is extended or nonextended has nothing to do with 
the network being AppleTalk Phase 2 or not.

Scott Winders
internet: winders@aux.support.apple.com
AppleLink: winders.s@applelink.apple.com