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Netatalk is an open source implementation of AFP, Apple's legacy file sharing protocol, originally standing for AppleTalk Filing Protocol. This is what classic Mac OS as well as earlier versions of Mac OS X (until 10.8) uses for file sharing, when Apple deprecated AFP in favor of Samba.
As of Netatalk 3.0, support for Apple's legacy AppleTalk (DDP) protocol was dropped. AppleTalk is required for Macs running System 6.0 through Mac OS 7.6, as well as Apple IIe and IIgs computers, to be able to connect to an AppleShare server out of the box. Additionally, AppleTalk support brings the convenience of a printer server (papd) which can act as a two-way bridge for using modern printers on old Macs, and vice versa, as well as a time server (timelord) plus an Apple II netboot server (a2boot.)
One major motivation for keeping Netatalk 2.2 alive, is the ability to understand both AppleTalk (DDP) and TCP/IP (DSI) which allows it to serve as a bridge between very old Apple II and Mac systems, and modern macOS and other systems that understand AFP.
- Introduction to Netatalk
- Installation
- Setting up Netatalk
- Upgrading from Netatalk 1.x
- Manual Pages
- Legal Notice
- Upstream Netatalk, the 2.2 branch of the mother project
- Netatalk-Classic, an AppleTalk-only fork of Netatalk
- A macOS port of Netatalk 3