# Kinetics Internet Protocol

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**Kinetics Internet Protocol (KIP)** is a [network protocol](/source/Network_protocol) used for the encapsulation and [routing](/source/Routing) of [AppleTalk](/source/AppleTalk) data packets over [IP](/source/Internet_Protocol). It also controls the [routing tables](/source/Routing_table).

It is defined in RFC 1742.

[Apple Computer](/source/Apple_Computer) adopted the usage of KIP and refer to it as part of [MacIP](/source/MacIP).

## Literature

- Sidhu, Andrews, Oppenheimer: *Inside AppleTalk*, 2nd, Addison-Wesley, 1999
- Apple Computer Inc.: *Inside Macintosh: Networking*, 2nd, Addison-Wesley, 1994, Chapter 1 - Introduction to AppleTalk ([online version](https://web.archive.org/web/20021003070035/http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/Networking/Networking-15.html))

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