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From: czei@phonon.eng.ohio-state.edu (Michael S. Czeiszperger)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Aufs and MacII ethernet card?
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Date: 30 Sep 88 13:32:43 GMT
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In article <3789@Portia.Stanford.EDU> davef@Jessica.stanford.edu (David Finkelstein) writes:
>In article <677@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu> czei@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu (Michael S. Czeiszperger) writes:
>>I was wondering if Aufs worked with ethernet cards in MacII's as well
>>as through the k-box.  Does anyone know for sure?
>
>No, it doesn't.  Macs on ethertalk can access aufs servers if you're
>running a version of KIP that understands ethertalk, or if you're
>using K-Star.  But the performance isn't nearly as good as it is for
>Macs on localtalk.  Using fastpath-4s and K-Star makes things faster
>but still not as fast as a localtalk connection.  Sigh.
>
>AppleShare over ethertalk is *very* fast, though.
>
What I don't understand, is that theoretically a connection through
an ethertalk card should be much faster than through a localtalk
network.  Why should Aufs only work *through* a localtalk network
when it would be faster and more direct to just communicate with
a MacII directly through the ethertalk card?  It seems like a huge
waste to spend lots of $ on a MacII and ethertalk card, and then
have to pay several thousand more dollars for a k-box so we can
remote mounting!                                           


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