Scott writes:

> Does anybody have an opinion (stupid question on this list) on routable
>  AFCP?  We are having a lot of trouble with bridging and are probably going
>  to test this very soon.  I was just wondering how many sites were using it
>  and if there were any gotcha's that I should know about.

If you want an unabashedly honest opinion, mine would be that you simply
abandon AFCP (and implicitly therefore terminals) as soon as possible and
move over to a simple TCP/IP, PC- and JetDirect printer-based network.
Routable AFCP simply isn't worth the time or trouble that you'll put into it,
especially compared to what you could have had in a TCP/IP network by
comparison.

Not only will life be enormously simpler, you're going to be amazed at how
much better things will work overall and at your new-found potentialities.
It's easier to make the switch than you might originally give credit.
Personally, I don't think there's ever any reason to continue to support AFCP
any longer, under any circumstance.

Wirt Atmar