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From: rapatel@athos.rutgers.edu ( Rakesh Patel)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: KSTAR and atalkad, atis.
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Date: 4 Dec 88 00:43:39 GMT
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Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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Aside from the security issues mentioned, I would like some other
info.

According to Inside Appletalk in the RTMP section:

"For internets with a large number of networks, the entire routing
table may not fit in a single datagram. In that case, the tuples
are distributed over as many RTMP data packets as necessary."


If my information is correct, KIP does not currently support this
feature. Hopefully it will at some point. Does K* support this?

I have recompiled KIP with a larger values for # of zones, zone name
space, and number of routes. Until KIP and K* support this feature,
the appletalk internetwork we have put together can't grow much.  I
really do not want to split into multiple appletalk internets,
since we use the internetwork in order to distribute new network
software to the various departments within our present appletalk internet.
We would like to increase the types of services available and make
them gloabally available to all the departments within our university.
It seems to be a step backwards to have to spilt the internet.

Part of the problem is that the KFPS-2s we run are tight on
memory with the current KIP we are running (we are down from 22 to 12
buffers avaliable). Upgrading to KFPS-4s is going to be a real problem
for us if K* does not have the ability to handle the security issues
as well as the ability to handle large number of zones and routes.


Does K* have hard limits on the # of zones, zone name space, and # of
routes? If so, can I get some info on these limits? Does it handle the
splitting of the routing table into multiple datagrams?


We also use Hayes Interbridges and I am wondering what their limits
actually are as well. Does anyone have any idea what they are?

I have found it to be a real problem getting info on these issues from
many vendors. I really wonder what limits there are on the various
products available; especially in the local/remote Appletalk Bridges
and the dialup appletalk bridges. Does anyone have further information
in this area?



					

							Rakesh Patel.