Re: Apple IIGS network filesharing

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Steven Nelson <steven-nelson@uiowa.edu> wrote:

> On Feb 9, 4:10 pm, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> > Steven Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > What is the reason that the OSX server doesn't respond to the IIGS
> > > Appleshare connect request, whereas OS9 seems fine with both?
> >
> > OS X uses AppleShare over IP, whereas OS 9 supports "traditional"
> > AppleShare.
> 
> I think this should be irrelevant because of the 'magic' of LocalTalk
> bridge which routes ATalk over localtalk and Ethernet.

Nope. LocalTalk Bridge just forwards AppleTalk network layer protocol
packets (DDP) between LocalTalk and Ethernet, dealing with differences
in how AppleTalk addresses are handled on the two networks.

AppleTalk packets travelling over Ethernet are a different Ethernet
packet type from IP and are not compatible with IP.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz