d5alfre@dtek.chalmers.se (Bengt Alfredsson) (09/23/90)
Please help me ...
I have tried Telnet 2.3 and Telnet 2.3 MacTCP with
a Adaptec Nodem, but the Telnet MacTCP will not work.
Can I use MacTCP 1.0 with a SCSI-Ethernet box
like Adaptec's Nodem ?
I plan to use some Nodem's to build a EtherTalk net.
Can I use Adaptec's Nodem for AppleShare on a
EtherTalk net ?
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) (09/23/90)
d5alfre@dtek.chalmers.se (Bengt Alfredsson) writes: > Can I use MacTCP 1.0 with a SCSI-Ethernet box > like Adaptec's Nodem ? As I remember, 1.0 had trouble with SCSI Ethernet devices. Get 1.01 pr -- Pete Resnick (...so what is a mojo, and why would one be rising?) Graduate assistant - Philosophy Department, Gregory Hall, UIUC System manager - Cognitive Science Group, Beckman Institute, UIUC Internet/ARPAnet/EDUnet : resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu BITNET (if no other way) : FREE0285@UIUCVMD
USERGIF@MTSG.UBC.CA (09/24/90)
I tested the NODEM product and was not impressed. It had a poorly designed case that would come apart in your hands just from the pressure of unplugging a tight ethernet cable. (It snapped together rather than being held firmly with screws). Also, its performance on a Mac Plus was terrible. This may not be the fault of the NODEM, but I was getting only about 4K/second with Telnet or MacIP downloads as opposed to about 15K/second with a 3Com Ethernet board equipped Mac SE. If you could get a NODEM for only a couple of hundred bucks, I might be willing to live with the poor performance, but they cost far more than that.
kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) (09/25/90)
To answer the original question, yes you need to get 1.0.1 MacTCP. The earlier version had problems dealing with SCSI net devices. In article <2446594@mtsg.ubc.ca>, USERGIF@MTSG.UBC.CA writes: > I tested the NODEM product and was not impressed. It had a poorly designed > case that would come apart in your hands just from the pressure of unplugging > a tight ethernet cable. (It snapped together rather than being held firmly > with screws). > Hmm, man of steel there. I tried to open one of these so that I could fix a heat problem that I was having. It did everything but come apart easily. I had to resort to using a screw driver to pop it open, that worked just fine. > Also, its performance on a Mac Plus was terrible. This may not be the fault > of the NODEM, but I was getting only about 4K/second with Telnet or MacIP > downloads as opposed to about 15K/second with a 3Com Ethernet board equipped > Mac SE. > I think you hit the nub of the problem. Any SCSI net device that I had seen has been slooow. And obviously the internal SE board is going to be faster because it doesn't have silly SCSI to deal with. > If you could get a NODEM for only a couple of hundred bucks, I might be > willing to live with the poor performance, but they cost far more than > that. The only thing that bothers me with this statement is that out of ALL of the SCSI net devices I have used this one is the ONLY one that worked the first time I installed it. All of the others have had problems which have lead me to call the manufacturer, and get help (ROM upgrades, Software changes, new boxes, etc.). Given this fact I would rather pay the "extra" up front and get something that worked the first time. Now some of the problems I experienced with other units have most likely been fixed now, but it is something to be aware of when looking at these devices. -- Kurt Baumann InterCon Systems Corporation 703.709.9890 Creators of fine TCP/IP products 703.709.9896 FAX for the Macintosh.