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My question would be - Why get rid of AppleTalk at all? If you are running
AppleTalk Phase 2 (be careful, I think Cisco products still ship with Phase
I enabled by default) your broadcasts should not be that bad (I think
/everyhting/ broadcasts across /all/ zones with Ph1, wheras routers only
update each other when something changes in Ph 2, but its been awhile sincce
I looked at it)
-mab
on 12/19/00 7:32 AM, Welch, John C. at jwelch@aer.com wrote:
> I'm going to shock some here, but I agree with Dan on this. For file and
> other, IP is the way to go, but AppleTalk and PAP is an excellent printing
> protocol, and until the big revision to IP printing finally gets done,
> probably the best way to manage printers.
>
> If done correctly, (read: Plan twice, execute once.), keeping AppleTalk for
> just your printers will not bog down the network noticeably. If you are at a
> reasonabley modern OS level, i.e. No earlier than 8.1, and 8.6 is a better
> rev, then Desktop printing via the LaserWriter 8 drivers avoids the chooser.
> In fact, if you are at 8.6 or better, you don't need the chooser at all, as
> the desktop printer manager and the Network Browser eliminate the need for
> it, unless you need to use something like MacNFS. The current version of
> DAVE can function nicely without the Chooser, and if you can eliminate NBP
> broadcasts, then *much* of your AppleTalk traffic is gone.
>
> john
>
> On 12/18/00 4:44 PM, "Dan Schwartz" <Dan@BrakeAndGo.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm in the minority; but I believe in keeping AppleTalk running for one
>> reason: PRINTING.
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