CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Introduction

  Overview of PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Macintosh)

  Overview of AppleTalk Network Terms and Concepts
    Network
    The AppleTalk Network System
    Nodes
    Client
    Server
    Internet
    Internet Routers
    AppleTalk Zones
    Zone Names and Zone Lists
    AppleTalk Addressing
    Packets
    Network Addresses
    Node Addresses
    Sockets
    Seed Routers
    Hops
    Routing Tables

  AppleTalk Phase 1

  2      Appletalk Network System Cabling and Computers

  Cabling Systems
    EtherTalk Cabling
    LocalTalk Cabling
    TokenTalk Cabling

  Computers in an AppleTalk Network
    Macintosh Computers
    VAX Computers
    PCs and Compatibles

  3      Network Services in the Combined Apple and Digital Environment

  File and Printer Services
    AppleShare File Services
    DECshare File Services
    AppleTalk Printer Services
      Direct Network Printing
      Printing With a Spooler
    DECshare Printer Services

  AppleTalk/DECnet Transport Gateway

  Electronic Mail

  MacX and X Window System

  4      AppleTalk Protocol Architecture

  Physical and Data Link Protocols
    EtherTalk Link Access Protocol (ELAP)
    LocalTalk Link Access Protocol (LLAP)
    TokenTalk Link Access Protocol (TLAP)
    AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol (AARP)

  Network Layer and Routing (End-to-End Data Flow Protocols)
    Datagram Delivery Protocol (DDP)
    Routing Table Maintenance Protocol (RTMP)
      Internet Topologies
      Routing Tables
    AppleTalk Echo Protocol (AEP)

  Named Entity Protocols
    Name Binding Protocol (NBP)
    Zone Information Protocol (ZIP)

  Reliable Data Delivery Protocols
    AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol (ADSP)
    AppleTalk Transaction Protocol (ATP)
    Printer Access Protocol (PAP)
    AppleTalk Session Protocol (ASP)

  User Services:  AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP)

  Glossary

  FIGURES

  1-1        A VAX Computer as a Server

  1-2        A VAX Computer as a Gateway

  1-3        DECnet Tunneling Between AppleTalk Internets

  1-4        LAT Connections

  1-5        Typical Combined Apple and Digital Network Toplogy

  1-6        Nodes and Zones

  1-7        Display of Zone List Accessed from the Control Panel

  1-8        Display of Zone List in the Chooser Window

  1-9        Sockets Within Nodes

  3-1        The AppleTalk/DECnet Transport Gateway

  4-1        DECnet Protocols

  4-2        AppleTalk Protocols

  4-3        A Router Model