From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Wed Oct 22 2003 - 11:04:00 PDT
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 06:23 AM, Victor Rehorst wrote:
> Martin Joseph wrote:
>
>> Actually that sounds wrong. What Jon is describing is his windows
>> desktop talking to the printer via tcp/ip and his newton talking to
>> his
>> desktop via appletalk. This could work even if the switches are
>> blocking appletalk (why would you ever do this?).
>
> My former employer configured all of their switches to only route
> TCP/IP, to
> get people to stop using 'wasteful' protocols like NetBEUI and IPX.
> This
> meant that I could print to a network LaserJet, provided that it had
> AppleTalk enabled (you can do that with the buttons on the printer,
> provided
> it isn't locked down) and that it was on the same network segment as my
> Newton (not always the case in a large office environment).
>
That isn't the same thing. Jonathan was describing pure TCP/IP
communication with the printer from the PC. Only from the Newt to the
local PC would Appletalk come into play, and the Sysadmin can't do
anything to stop that.
Marty
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