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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter1.Introduction to Netatalk</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="netatalk.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.65.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Netatalk 2.0 Manual"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Netatalk 2.0 Manual"><link rel="previous" href="pr01.html" title="Legal Notice"><link rel="next" href="installation.html" title="Chapter2.Installation"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" charset="iso-8859-1" href="printer.css" media="print"><link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" charset="iso-8859-1" href="printer.css" title="Printer"><link rel="copyright" title="GNU General Public License" href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html#SEC1"><link rel="author" title="The Netatalk Development Team" href="http://netatalk.sf.net"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter1.Introduction to Netatalk</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pr01.html">Prev</a></td><th width="60%" align="center"></th><td width="20%" align="right"><a accesskey="n" href="installation.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="intro"></a>Chapter1.Introduction to Netatalk</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>Netatalk is an OpenSource software package, that can be used to turn
an inexpensive *NIX machine into an extremely performant and reliable file
and print server for Macintosh computers.</p><p>Using Netatalk's AFP 3.1 compliant file-server leads to significantly
higher transmission speeds compared with Macs accessing a server via
SaMBa/NFS while providing clients with the best possible user experience
(full support for Macintosh metadata, flawlessly supporting mixed
environments of classic MacOS and MacOS X clients)</p><p>Due to Netatalk speaking AppleTalk, the print-server task can provide
printing clients with full AppleTalk support as well as the server itself
with printing capabilities for AppleTalk-only printers. Starting with
version 2.0, Netatalk seamlessly interacts with CUPS on the server.</p><p>After all, Netatalk can be used to act as an AppleTalk router,
providing both segmentation and zone names in Macintosh networks.</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pr01.html">Prev</a></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="index.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><a accesskey="n" href="installation.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Legal Notice</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">Chapter2.Installation</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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