Subject: Re: netatalk in production environments....(RFC)
From: Tom Watson (tsw@johana.com)
Date: Thu Jun 01 2000 - 15:43:17 EDT
On Thu, 1 Jun 2000 07:38:03 -0400 (EDT), netatalk-admins@umich.edu wrote:
> At 19:07 Uhr -0800 31.05.2000, Tom Watson wrote:
>
> >One area I would be interested in is kernel support for LocalTalk I/O
> >boards.
>
> Is already there in 2.2. But see also my message about NBP/routing issue
> in atalkd.
Sorry, i didn't know. I've got an older kernel. Perhaps when Debian
releases its 2.2 version it will have a 2.2 kernel in it.
>
> >Then I could have the Linux box "route" and (later)
> >supply IP addresses as well (regards to John V.).
>
> On LocalTalk?
Yup. Just like KFP boxes. It uses the IP over AppleTalk encapsulation.
Sure, it is slow(er), but with dial-ups at 56k, LocalTalk speeds can
seem "speedy".
>
> :wq! PoC
>
>
-- Tom Watson Generic short signature tsw@johana.com (I'm at home now)
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