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From: mikep@amd.UUCP (mike parker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Kinetics Fastpath
Message-ID: <4160@amd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-Jul-87 00:29:54 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  1 00:29:54 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 2-Jul-87 01:37:33 EDT
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I've been elected to solve a networking problem involving macs.  We
have appletalk networks in Calif and Texas with both Macs and IBMs
running TOPS.  There is a desire to transfer files between cities.
I don't want to suffer the speed of dialups, nor do I want to lease
more leased lines, the company already leases a lot of bandwidth
between sites.  Most of the existing bandwith is dedicated to
ethernet communications over Bridge GS-3 routers running IP.  So,
I figure the best scheme is to gateway the appletalk networks to
ethernet and take a free ride on the corporate IP links to Texas.
As I understand it, Kinetics encapsualtes in a proprietary protocol
for A-talk to A-talk communications, the Bridges will not transfer
this.  The TCP/IP software offered by Kinetics is only intended
for client telnet and FTP, and so will not support mac to mac
file transfer.  Besides, FTP is a little too unfriendly for most of
our mac users.  My only hope is something called KIP, developed at
Stanford for the Kinetics box, I'm told that it might do what I want.

Does anyone have any information on KIP?  Are you using it?  How is
routing handled?

Thanks in advance

mike

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