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Toggle AppleTalk between Ethernet and Airport
Well, maybe this is a dumb question, but what does it mean to "toggle appletalk between ethernet and airport"? I thought that appletalk was a protocol that worked over tcp/ip (or at least over ethernet). I move around a bit in my home network (two wireless gateways plus wired ethernet), and if I set any of them as the current default network, appletalk seems "just to work".
Toggle AppleTalk between Ethernet and Airport
The history of AppleTalk has made it rather confusing, especially since it's often misused. AppleTalk is a Level 4 network protocol. Other Level 4 protocols include Novell Netware, Banyan Vines, TCP/IP (well, thats actually TCP, and IP, a Level 3 protocol), and NetBEUI. Two gizmos can communicate over a network in any of these ways. That network could be ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, TokenRing, or modems. A NetBEUI computer will just ignore AppleTalk on its Ethernet connector, and vice versa.
Toggle AppleTalk between Ethernet and Airport
Thanks. I think I see the distinctions you are making. Maybe my confusion is due to my tcp/ip-centric view of the world, along with my only ever use of the Mac being under OS/X. |
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