ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) (04/25/89)
Some time ago, I posted a note asking for advice on how to put more than 32 devices on a LocalTalk network. Here's a summary of the responses I received. John O'Malley / Macintosh / Purdue University / (317) mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq / Specialist / Computing Center / 494-1787 ----- From: iuvax!bsu-cs.bsu.edu!mithomas (Michael Thomas Niehaus) Subject: Re: What's the best way to put >32 Macs on AppleTalk? The problem is that there is a limit of 32 devices per nodename. To go with more than that number of nodes, you need to add another zone. There are various ways that this can be done: you can use a Hayes InterBridge (overkill), a Shiva NetBridge, some type of Ethernet bridge (also overkill, unless the Ethernet is already in place), or a StarController from Farallon (good for connecting up to six nets). The NetBridge sounds like the best bet. Note that the 32 device limit includes networked printers, like the LaserWriters and AppleTalk Imagewriters. These count as a device as well. Michael Niehaus mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu ----- From moyman@degree.ecn.purdue.edu Fri Mar 3 10:16:43 1989 Subject: Cayman GatorBox I have a Cayman GatorBox up and running appleshare-NFS on our network, and its *nice*. No longer a need for Aufs servers...nothing. The box mounts your home directory file systems just as it would any NFS client, only now it acts as a Mac external drive for saving/launching mac applications. If these were around 3 years ago we would have 22 Gator Boxes instead of Kinetics Boxes! I have not been able to get NCSA Telnet/MacIP to work *correctly* yet...but I am confident. --moya ------ From: chrisj@emx.utexas.edu (Chris Johnson) Subject: Re: What's the best way to put >32 Macs on AppleTalk? Organization: U.T. Austin Computation Center The way we solved the problem of networking the macs in >32 mac lab was by using a Hayes InterBridge. This does not require creating separate zones - only separate networks. Zones are little more than a convenient fiction maintained in routing tables - it's up to you whether you make the networks separate zones or not. Chris
bannon@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Ronald Bannon) (04/25/89)
Hello,
I'm not sure who to contact but I thought this group might be a good choice.
I recently purchased a Radius FPD and a Radius 16MHz accelerator without
an FPU, now I wish to purchase an FPU. Both the accelerator and the display
card were installed by a Radius dealer, but now I would like to save some
money and install the FPU myself. I have limited experience with the inside
of a MAC (SIMM installation) and would appreciate any information.
Thanks,
Ron Bannon
bannon@andromeda.rutgers.edu
THIS IS MY FIRST POSTING, SO BE FORGIVING!