Re: [NTLK] Connecting mac using asantetalk - Newbie problems

From: Norman Palardy (palardyn_at_shaw.ca)
Date: Tue Jan 28 2003 - 22:29:45 PST


On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 08:50 AM, Marco Mailand wrote:

> "Russ Urquhart" wrote @ 28.1.2003 16:30 Uhr /
> <russurquhart1_at_attbi.com>:
>> Is there perhaps something else i should be setting, as far as the
>> zones are concerned?
> You should somehow define TCP/IP addresses. You'll need different
> addresses
> for each device connected to the network, which you can define manually
> (static address) or let a DHCP server do that work. This DHCP server
> has to
> be set-up in e.g. your ADSL router or in a server and maybe even in
> your OSX
> machine. I did successfully connect my Newton to a standalone machine
> w/o
> any DHCP server by ethernet but with a crossed cable. Both machines
> where
> set to DHCP but I don't know why it worked. Obviously are only 2
> computers
> able to talk with each other w/o DHCP server. Or maybe it worked
> because of
> the underlying AppleTalk protocol.
>
No no no no no no no no

Appletalk does not require this at all
I can run Appletalk with TCP/IP turned OFF
Appletalk auto negotiates addresses

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