Talk:AppleTalk

The official name is denoted as "AppleTalk", not "Appletalk". After posting my intentions to the Village Pump, I flipped the content between AppleTalk and Appletalk articles to reflect the correct name. RedWolf 21:32, Dec 27, 2003 (UTC)

from the village pump According to Apple documentation, the official correct name for the protocol is "AppleTalk", not "Appletalk". Yet, it's the "Appletalk" page that has the text and the "AppleTalk" page that is the redirect. Anyone going to have a problem with me flipping this inaccuracy? RedWolf 05:44, Dec 27, 2003 (UTC)

Sounds like an eminently sensible change to me...

James F. 07:15, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Go for it. Dpbsmith 15:01, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Articles flip completed. RedWolf 22:00, Dec 27, 2003 (UTC)

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AFP: "AppleTalk Filing Protocol" or "Apple Filing Protocol"?

FYI, I updated the article to uniformly use "Apple Filing Protocol" throughout. I made this change because the current version of the AppleTalk documentation calls it this. (Older AppleTalk documentation does indeed call it "AppleTalk Filing Protocol".)-- tooki 03:56, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Disputed: Apple PhoneNet

I've noticed an item in two articles that contradict each other: AppleTalk says ("PhoneNet was considerably less expensive to install and maintain, and it is perhaps surprising that Apple did not move to this solution as well.") vs LocalTalk ("eventually Apple itself abandoned LocalTalk wiring and marketed PhoneNet as LocalTalk"). Can someone confirm if Apple ever offered a PhoneNet solution? --Steven Fisher 14:20, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

I can confirm that in all likelihood they did not. I installed a lot of localtalk kit when it was current and I'm sure I would have been aware if Apple started selling phonenet-type kit. The latest edition of Inside AppleTalk mentions PhoneNet as an "alternative implementation of LocalTalk functionality" but only gives details of the physical implementation of standard LocalTalk (3-pin DIN). --Ali@gwc.org.uk 19:43, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Clerification needed: name searching

Finding a name based on searching is mentioned. Is this a protocol level feature or is this a feature of a client that enumerated all the available names?

What should idempotent link to?

Hi-

Should idempotent be a link to Idempotence (computer science) or to Idempotence? I assume it's good to avoid redirects (if we want to link to the Idempotence article), and I'm not sure if the computer science definition would be more apropos.

Stilroc 07:18, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

lol

appletalk suxorz!!!

Wrong layer

"AARP resolves AppleTalk addresses to physical layer, usually MAC, addresses. It is functionally equivalent to ARP."

This is clearly an error, as the physical layer has nothing to do with addressing. The text, and the link, should reference the Data Link layer. Second? --Talinus 19:13, 11 July 2007 (UTC)