On Jan 26, 2005, at 15:20, Eagle wrote:Once you select a server with AppleTalk it will attempt to connect to the server via IP if it can. If the server isn't serving on IP then it simply uses AppleTalk. If the server reports it is using IP then the client will attempt accessing the server via IP. If it can't be reached there will be a delay while it attempts it. If it can't connect via IP it reverts to AppleTalk. This can happen if the two computers are connected by AppleTalk but not IP (such as using LocalTalk without MacIP or one is using dial up instead of Ethernet for IP).
But AFP is not using AppleTalk over IP.
So, hmm... what exactly does that "AppleTalk" checkbox in the OS X Network preference panel do anyway? Is that to turn on AppleTalk over the selected network interface?
I don't mean to reply to my own email, but a clarification is in order.
Does that checkbox turn on AppleTalk over the selected network interface, versus just using AppleTalk over IP* on the selected interface?
* - "AppleTalk over IP" is BKA "AppleTalk/IP" correct?
What is the benefit of using AppleTalk on the interface versus just AppleTalk/IP on the interface? Is it that AppleTalk turns on the network broadcasts which help Chooser to know the available servers on the network? Is there more than that?
AFAIK there is no AppleTalk over IP in OS X. AT over IP was used at one time to connect two separate AppleTalk networks using the Internet or an IP connection that wouldn't support AppleTalk.
If you configure an interface for using IP and you check the AT box you are configuring it to use IP and AT, not IP over AT nor AT over IP. They are two distinct network protocols having nothing to do with each other normally.
The AppleShare over AppleTalk/IP is a common erroneous idea largely due to the confusion stemming from the use of "Apple" in much of Apple's technologies.
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