Re: Dual-homing on AppleTalk?

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From: Stephen C. Trier
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:35

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In article <gf_DApu00WCoMJSnlE@andrew.cmu.edu> tjh+@CMU.EDU (Tom Holodnik) writes:
>Do any machines support dual-homing on AppleTalk networks?  That is,
>would a NetWare server (for instance) support AppleTalk connections on
>two networks (without routing!)? 

The old Novell 2.15 Macintosh VAPs supported this.

The problem with it is that if the two network segments are routed
together elsewhere, one server will show up twice in the Chooser.

AppleTalk wasn't really built for multihoming.  That's why NetWare for
Macintosh 3.X routes when it's on multiple nets.  (Well, it routes
even when it is plugged into only one, and I wish it didn't, but that's
a different issue.)

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Network software type               just can't afford to take advantage of."
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trier@ins.cwru.edu

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