Re: [LUG] Windows - mac network via Linux

[Neil Stone <Neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 23:07, Simon Waters wrote:
> > paul wrote:
> >
> > According to one of the technicians (I help him with cabling
> > etc),  the TCP/IP can also talk appletalk,  I am not sure
> > about this but I have read that it's possible to stick a linux
> > box in between the two systems.As Linux can talk and
> > understand both it can act as a I would guess a translator or
> > whatever the correct term is,  allowing both to co-exist,
> > (someone in the US did this a few years ago,  I can't seem to
> > find the write up though).
>
> As far as I know Appletalk is a full protocol, so would sit
> alongside TCP/IP.
>
> Linux can provide services to Appletalk only devices, but I'd
> expect you just to run TCP/IP on the Apples, as well as
> Appletalk, they can coexist quite happily on a LAN.
>
> I can have a dig in my networking books, I usually skip the
> chapter on Appletalk. It might be possible to supply some sort
> of gateway service, but I don't see the point.
>
> TCP/IP won the standards war, for better or worse, other
> networking protocols are now only used where they are clearly
> superior in my experience.

2 things that i have come across, 1, Win NT should have the ability to
talk appletalk, 2. MAC should be able to talk TCP/IP !

When all else fails linux can do the biz for you ! I am currently using
RedHat 7.3, it has an "atalk" daemon (guess what that does ??) just add
appletalk to the kernel, do a little wizadry and your off !!

-- 
Neil Stone

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