AppleTalk addressing

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AppleTalk addressing is the network-layer scheme used in Apple’s legacy AppleTalk protocol suite to uniquely identify devices and services on an AppleTalk network.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of AppleTalk
network addressing scheme
addressScope cable range
zone
addressStructure 16-bit network number
8-bit node number
network number plus node number
addressType non-hierarchical within a cable range
addressUniquenessEnsuredBy AARP probing
associatedWithConcept AppleTalk network ranges
AppleTalk zones NERFINISHED
defines AppleTalk network addresses
designedFor Apple Macintosh environments
enables routing between AppleTalk networks
fullNameOfDDP Datagram Delivery Protocol NERFINISHED
fullNameOfProtocol AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol NERFINISHED
fullNameOfRTMP Routing Table Maintenance Protocol NERFINISHED
introducedWith original AppleTalk protocol suite
maximumNodesPerNetwork 254
operatesAtLayer network layer
primaryUsePeriod 1980s and 1990s
requires unique network numbers per cable range
reservedNodeNumbers 0 and 255
reservedNodeNumbersUsage special purposes
status legacy technology
supersededBy TCP/IP addressing
supports dynamic address assignment
manual address assignment
supportsLogicalGrouping zones independent of physical topology GENERATED
supportsRoutingProtocol RTMP
supportsServiceIdentificationVia DDP sockets GENERATED
typicalAddressFormat network.node
usedByHigherLevelProtocols AppleTalk Filing Protocol NERFINISHED
AppleTalk Session Protocol NERFINISHED
Name Binding Protocol
usedInOperatingSystems Classic Mac OS NERFINISHED
early versions of macOS (as legacy support)
usedInProtocolSuite AppleTalk NERFINISHED
usedTo uniquely identify devices on an AppleTalk network
uniquely identify services on an AppleTalk network
uses AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol NERFINISHED
Datagram Delivery Protocol NERFINISHED
usesProtocolForDynamicAssignment AARP NERFINISHED
vendor Apple Inc. NERFINISHED

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AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol requires AppleTalk addressing