humtech@ucschu.ucsc.edu (Mark Frost) (09/01/89)
We have a campus appletalk network running here at UCSC and are getting a growing number of faculty members who are asking to have net access from home. I understand that this capability exists (from companies like Shiva). I know nothing about products that provide this service. I would appreciate any personal recommendations as well as addresses and/or phone numbers of companies who make "remote appletalk" products. Thanx Mark Frost Office of the the Computing Coordinator Humanities Division University of California at Santa Cruz (408) 429-4603 Internet: humtech@ucschu.UCSC.EDU Bitnet: humtech@ucschu.bitnet Uucp: ...!ucbvax!ucscc!ucschu!humtech
bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort) (09/03/89)
In article <8951@saturn.ucsc.edu> humtech@ucschu.ucsc.edu (Mark Frost) writes: > We have a campus appletalk network running here at UCSC and are > getting a growing number of faculty members who are asking to have > net access from home. I understand that this capability exists > (from companies like Shiva). I know nothing about products that > provide this service. > I would appreciate any personal recommendations as well as addresses > and/or phone numbers of companies who make "remote appletalk" products. Two products which I have heard of are Timbuktu Remote from Farallon and Liaison (sorry, I don't have the vendor's name handy). I have not used these myself, but I understand they both boast satisfied customers. --Barry Kort MITRE Network Center
rochlin@netcom.UUCP (Max Rochlin) (09/06/89)
in article <67564@linus.UUCP>, bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort) says: > > In article <8951@saturn.ucsc.edu> humtech@ucschu.ucsc.edu > (Mark Frost) writes: ... Remote AppleTalk Access... I've successfully installed several Shiva net modems. They allow a group of users to share a modems _and_ with the supplies software call the modem from home and become a node on the network so long as they are not using another Shiva net modem. AppleShare, QuickMail, printing, etc all work slowly-but-fine. My biggest complaint about the Shiva setup is that the originator of the remote AppleTalk link can't be using a Shiva modem. We had hoped to use the net-modems to call from on net to the other to print memos (eg pseudo faxing), but you can't call a NetModem with a NetModem ( or a NetSerial). This doesn't appear to be a problem for your set-up but you should be aware of this limitation. I understand that Shiva is working on the problem. ...Max ------------------------------------------------------------------------ {uunet,sun}!saxony!madmax!max or apple!netcom!madmax!max
MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi) (09/07/89)
bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort) writes about Timbuktu Remote
being a dial-in net access solution.
TB2/R will let you call up a Mac that has a modem and control that Mac
as if you were controlling it via Timbuktu. You would be using the
office Mac, remote controlled, to access your net.
Infosphere's Liaison can use a Mac to run a dial-in connection to the
net. One Mac, one modem, and anyone who dials in gets at the net
directly. The Liaison Mac doesn't even have to be dedicated. This
appears to me as the most cost effective solution; you can even use
the Liaison Mac as a router and net dial-in simultaneously.
Take a look at Shiva's products as well, they have some that'll let
you dial-in to your net, too.
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