At 23:21 Uhr -0400 08.05.2000, Konstantin Reznitsky wrote:
>Can appletalk handle multiple routes, what sometimes is called multipath? Is there
>such a thing in the appletalk world? From what I know about RTMP - it is RIP based,
>so here might be a problem.
>From what I *think* (this means I'm not certain) Apple tried to make AppleTalk as
>foolproof as possible. So I think it can handle multipathing.
>Can appletalk be used in the multiroute environment with the redundancy in mind?
Yes, when one route is dead, another one will be established.
This is only true if statement 1 is true :-)
>Can the same be done to balance the load over several routes?
Uhm...try.
>Does anybody know any places to look for information on this matter? Any pointers are
>welcome.
Have a look at "NetWare for Macintosh Installation and Maintenance" Manual if you can
grab one. The explanations there are -of course- Netware-specific but there are also
good explanation of network basics.
[...later...]
>From there I found that more than one route to a destination is explicitly allowed.
>The routers choose always the smallest hop-count available for a destination. I think
>that if the hop-count is equal the first entry in the routing table will be used.
:wq! PoC
