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AppleTalk Update Based Routing Pro<strong>to</strong>col<br />

AppleTalk Update Based Routing Pro<strong>to</strong>col (AURP) is not a routing<br />

pro<strong>to</strong>col. Ra<strong>the</strong>r, it provides a means for connecting AppleTalk<br />

inter<strong>network</strong>s across TCP/IP <strong>network</strong>s. The AURP transport<br />

mechanism operates as a tunnel through which all AppleTalk pro<strong>to</strong>col<br />

data is encapsulated using TCP/IP User Datagram Pro<strong>to</strong>col (UDP)<br />

packets as <strong>the</strong> transport and IP for delivery. AURP implementations<br />

have two parts: exterior routers and <strong>the</strong> AURP tunnel.<br />

Exterior routers (backbone routers) are <strong>the</strong> bridge routers between<br />

<strong>the</strong> AppleTalk inter<strong>network</strong> and <strong>the</strong> AURP tunnel. The AURP tunnel is<br />

<strong>the</strong> logical conduit built on <strong>to</strong>p of <strong>the</strong> local and remote IP interfaces of<br />

<strong>the</strong> exterior routers involved with <strong>the</strong> AURP exchange. Two types of<br />

AURP tunnels exist:<br />

• A single point-<strong>to</strong>-point tunnel is where all AppleTalk data is<br />

exchanged between <strong>the</strong> two inter<strong>network</strong>s.<br />

• A multipoint tunnel is where three or more AppleTalk<br />

inter<strong>network</strong>s are connected. Multipoint tunnels can be fully<br />

connected or partially connected where only some<br />

inter<strong>network</strong>s are available.<br />

AURP routing updates are adjustable and triggerable when changes in<br />

one of <strong>the</strong> connecting inter<strong>network</strong>s occur. Initially, routing and zone<br />

information tables are exchanged across <strong>the</strong> tunnel between <strong>the</strong><br />

connected inter<strong>network</strong>s when <strong>the</strong> AURP tunnel is initialized. Updates<br />

use TCP or AURP-Tr which both provide reliable transport. This makes<br />

AURP a more efficient alternative for connecting AppleTalk<br />

inter<strong>network</strong>s as compared <strong>to</strong> traditional AppleTalk point-<strong>to</strong>-point<br />

connections.<br />

AURP also introduces <strong>the</strong> concept of AppleTalk domains. A domain<br />

identifier is associated with each inter<strong>network</strong> connected <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> tunnel.<br />

Domain identifiers can be statically or dynamically set.<br />

64-bit domain-id/ 16-bit <strong>network</strong> address/ 8-bit node address/<br />

8-bit socket address

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