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AppleTalk Routing E-1
AppleTalk Routing E
For in-depth information on AppleTalk network design, refer to:
• Apple Computer’s Inside Macintosh, second edition, published by
Addison Wesley and dated 1990.
• Apple Computer’s Inside AppleTalk, second edition, published by
Addison Wesley and dated 1990.
AppleTalk LAN Routing
You can set up one or more NetBlazer LAN interfaces as:
• AppleTalk seed routers
• AppleTalk nonseed routers
• nodes on the LAN (nonroute)
You can have each interface function as a seed router, a nonseed router, a
nonrouting node, or you can select not to run AppleTalk over that specific
interface.
Set the interface up as "nonroute" if you want the NetBlazer to appear only
as a node on a network. Set the interface up as "nonseed" if you want to
acquire route information from another router on the LAN. (Selecting
nonseed only works if there is an AppleTalk seed router on the network.)
Set the interface up as "seed" if you want the NetBlazer to perform as the
primary router for AppleTalk. Seed routers maintain a static list of the routes
on an AppleTalk network; this list is shared with nonseed routers.
AppleTalk Zones and NetWork Numbers
To set up a NetBlazer as a AppleTalk Seed Router, you need to know what
network numbers and zones to enter.