Subject: Re: AppleTalk's numering scheme?
From: nexus (nexus@xs4all.nl)
Date: Mon Jun 30 1997 - 08:02:32 EDT
>
> > Where can I find some introduction into AppleTalk's concept of zones and
> > network numers, etc.? Being used to TCP/IP, everything seems a bit odd
> > to me. (it does work, but I'm really puzzled how exacly :-))
> > Thanks.
> >
> Zones are different networks joined together by a router (machine with
> two cards).
> About the numbers I don't know, they are configured pretty much
> automatically, so I didn't need to touch it. If it aint broken, don't
> fix it.
actually, you can have zones on 1 wire. the only interesting detail Im aware
of about the numbering is that a mac will choose a random number in
a certain range when it first starts up.
Casey
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