[GLLUG] MAC OS9

[Mike Szumlinski]

Netatalk works over TCP/IP, so there isn't the small-packet-lots-of- 
noise problem Appletalk had in the past.

There are a couple of things to note about netatalk however...

It works about as well as the Microsoft AFP Protocol does on windows  
servers
1)  No special characters
2) No filenames over 23 characters
3) Poor filesystem utilization discovery (ie, it doesn't know when  
the server is full)

There are all issues I have run into in the past.  Hope that helps.

I have about 150 machines (about 60 mobile here) and we made the  
transition to OS X in about 4 months.  The hardest thing was getting  
all the hardware up to snuff so it would be usable.

On Jul 8, 2005, at 9:18 AM, David D wrote:

> Appletalk is kinda a scarry thought with 80 Macs all on a flat network
> (along with 500 other devices).  Is there an issue with it being  
> chatty?
>
> These machines are slated to be updated to OSx by end of August and  
> Netatalk
> seems like it would be the easiest to implement and de-implement  
> but the
> traffic has me a little worried...

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