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ROUTING IN AN APPLETALK®

7 ENVIRONMENT

This chapter provides an overview of AppleTalk® routing, and includes these topics:

■AppleTalk Network Elements

■AppleTalk Protocols

■About AARP

About AppleTalk®	AppleTalk is a suite of protocols defined by Apple Computer, Inc., for
	connecting computers, peripherals devices, and other equipment on a
	network. AppleTalk protocols support most of the functions offered by the
	Open Standards Interconnect (OSI) reference model.
	The AppleTalk protocols work together to provide file sharing and printer
	sharing, as well as applications like electronic mail and database access. All
	Macintosh® computers have AppleTalk connectivity options built into
	them, making it the de facto standard for Apple® computer networks.
AppleTalk®	An AppleTalk network consists of different nodes in groups of networks in
Network	an AppleTalk internet. These nodes can include workstations, routers, and
Elements	printers, or services for other computers, called clients.

This section describes the elements of an AppleTalk internet:

■AppleTalk networks

■AppleTalk nodes

■AppleTalk zones

■Seed routers