kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley) (12/12/89)
I'm posting this for a friend. The last posting was a bit cryptic, and got
only one response, so I'm trying again.
The project needs an ethernet based file server for a bunch of Mac II's,
instead of an appletalk based network. Anyone know of such a thing.
There current proposal is to talk to a PC on appletalk, acting as a gateway
to the ethernet. This seems highly unecessary.
Thanks
Chewey, get us outta here!
kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (818)354-8771
Kaleb Keithleyccw@nvuxr.UUCP (christopher wood) (12/15/89)
In article <2375@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley) writes: >The project needs an ethernet based file server for a bunch of Mac II's, >instead of an appletalk based network. Anyone know of such a thing. >There current proposal is to talk to a PC on appletalk, acting as a gateway >to the ethernet. This seems highly unecessary. >Thanks >kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (818)354-8771 >Kaleb Keithley Ummm, How about any mac past the SE with an ethernet board running AppleShare? And, of course, ethernet on all the machines. No need to mess with slow appletalk at all. Of course, this does cause a problem with the LaserWriter. You could probably put the routing (and print serving) software on the file server, and have the server bridge to a LocalTalk Network with 2 nodes (LW and server). I haven't done this, so don't take my word as gospel. -- Chris Wood Bellcore ...!bellcore!nvuxr!ccw or nvuxr!ccw@bellcore.bellcore.com