Each Mac computer has the localtalk port which communications with the AppleTalk to send and receive the data in the Macintosh LAN. AppleTalk is built in all the MAC operating system computers. Because of its dynamic features it allows easy configurations and setup.
AppleTalk protocols handle the data sharing, printer sharing, files sharing, names lookup and imagewriter printing. The data in the AppleTalk network can be transmitted at the speed of 230.4 Kbps.
The network devices can be 1000 feet apart from each other. The PCs has to support AppleTalk hardware and software in order to communicate with the Macintosh Computers.
There are two main protocols in the AppleTalk suite i.e. (NBP) Name Binding Protocol and the (AARP) AppleTalk address resolution protocol.
The AppleTalk address consist of four numbers i.e. two byte network numbers, one byte socket-number and one byte node-number.
AppleTalk was originally designed to support the communications in the local workgroups but now it supports a large number of client/server based distributed Macintosh networks.
In the client/server network environment users can share data and resources with each other.
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