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From: Ravinder.Chandhok@CS.CMU.EDU (Rob Chandhok)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: EtherTalk and Virtual
Message-ID: <5511.603463658@GNOME.CS.CMU.EDU>
Date: 14 Feb 89 12:47:38 GMT
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>From info-mac:

>Date: Mon, 13 Feb 89 18:03:57 +0100
>From: Sigurd Meldal <sigurd@eik.ii.uib.no>
>Subject: Virtual - some praise, some problems

>Summary: Virtual does not work when you're using an ethernet card (at
>least one exception applies, though).

The symptoms you describe can be narrowed down to "Virtual does not work
when using Ethertalk".  When you use the Apple EtherTalk card with SU-MacIP
or NCSA (configured properly), they access the card directly, and attach
their own protocol handlers for IP.  Thus, they operate completely
independantly of the current AppleTalk driver.

I am interested in this interaction since I have seen weird things happen
with Ethertalk in general, like dropping interrupts, crashing, etc.  I
haven't been able to isolate it as well as you, however.  Any other stories
about EtherTalk oddities would be welcomed.

Rob Chandhok
School of Computer Science, CMU