72 | Chapter 4 - AppleTalk Routing & Bridging |
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ϖNote: Although Compatible Systems routers support AppleTalk Phase 1, we recommend that all new AppleTalk installations use AppleTalk Phase 2, which is much more capable.
ϖNote: In transitional routing installations, the same range of potential AppleTalk network numbers is shared by both Phase 1 and Phase 2. Care must be taken to avoid network number conflicts in these installations.
>Phase 1 Routing/Bridging/Off
This set of radio buttons controls how AppleTalk Phase 1 packets are handled for this interface.
• If set to Phase 1 Routing, then AppleTalk Phase 1 packets received on this interface are routed to the correct interface on the router.
• If set to Phase 1 Bridging, then any AppleTalk Phase 1 packets received on this interface are forwarded to the router’s internal bridge. This setting makes this Ethernet interface a member of the “AppleTalk Phase 1 Bridge Group” for this router.
ϖNote: The Phase 1 Bridging radio button will be grayed out unless bridging has been turned on globally for the device using the Main Bridging Configuration Dialog Box (under Global/Bridging) and locally on this inter- face using the Bridging: Ethernet Dialog Box (under Ethernet/Bridging).
•If it is set to Phase 1 Off, then any AppleTalk Phase 1 packets received on this interface are discarded.
Phase 1 Seed Status
One of the functions which routers perform in AppleTalk internetworking is setting the AppleTalk network number for each network segment. A router which sets the network number for a segment is said to have “seeded” the network.
•Seed means the router will listen for an AppleTalk Phase 1 network number being set by another router on the segment connected to this interface and use this number if it exists. If it doesn’t discover a number in use, the router will use the configured AppleTalk Phase 1 Net # (discussed below) to set the Phase 1 network number for the segment. It will also assign the configured Phase 1 Zone name to the segment.
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