grants@syacus.acus.oz (Grant Sayer) (10/05/90)
Does anyone have information on the hardware required to connect a local group of macs (eg, Mac Plus, SE, IIC? ) linked by LocalTalk to an ethernet backbone. Please e-mail any responses so a summary can be posted. Information on hardware &/or software would be appreciated ? Thanks In Advance. Grant Sayer ACSnet : grants@syacus.acus.oz Ph : +61 2 887-6810 Internet : grants@syacus.acus.OZ.AU Fax: +61 2 888-2424 UUCP : uunet!munnari!syacus.acus.oz.au!grants
bschmidt@bnr.ca (Ben Schmidt) (10/07/90)
In article <1095@syacus.acus.oz> grants@syacus.acus.oz (Grant Sayer) writes: > Does anyone have information on the hardware required to connect a > local group of macs (eg, Mac Plus, SE, IIC? ) linked by LocalTalk to > an ethernet backbone. Please e-mail any responses so a summary can > be posted. > > Information on hardware &/or software would be appreciated ? No doubt you'll get lots of responses on Shiva, Cayman, Webster, UngerMann-Bass, NRC, Compatible Systems, Nuvotech, etc to name but a few manufactures of LocalTalk-to-Ethernet equipment. And of course any mac with Apple's Internet Router and an ethernet card (or with Liaison s/w - who've just changed ownership recently(?)) --> but why not just add the newsgroup: comp.protocols.appletalk to your news reader and you'll soon be buried in information. Number one question to ask yourself though: Do you want just AppleTalk routing between LocalTalk and Ethernet, or do you also want DDP/IP encapsulation, that is, the ability for your Macs on LocalTalk to use telnet? Ben Schmidt Bell-Northern Research, Ltd. Ph: (613) 763-3906 Information Technology P.O. Box 3511, Station C FAX:(613) 763-3283 bschmidt@bnr.ca Ottawa Ontario Canada K1Y 4H7