Cisco Router Configuration, Second Edition

AppleTalk Routing Configuration

The assignment of AppleTalk network numbers and zone names to IOS devices and interfaces is necessary but not sufficient for AppleTalk devices to communicate with each other. To pass data back and forth, the workstations and servers on the AppleTalk network also must know which paths to take to reach one another. AppleTalk routers build and refer to tables of network numbers, which are known as routing tables. The AppleTalk routing tables operate much like IP routing tables, providing network path information that allows the router to deliver data directly to the end destination or to the next router in the path to the end destination. To determine where AppleTalk networks are located, and to share that information ...