schou@faline.bellcore.com (Scott Chou) (04/06/89)
I have a pretty basic question that needs to be answered before I
buy an AUX setup. We have an Apple Talk network with many users on
it. If I plug in an A/UX site to this net, will all the users be
able to get a logon prompt? Simultaneously?
Specifically, can they all communicate with the A/UX machine with
NCSA Telnet?
Certainly all of this is conceivable but is the support to do it
already packaged with A/UX?
Taking this a step further, can I plug in several A/UX machines
onto the same Apple Talk network? That is, can all of the users
still communicate with either machine simultaneously?
Am I assuming too much that TCP/IP comes with A/UX?
Thanks,
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Unfortunately, you cannot do this. The support for TCP/IP is included in the A/UX distribution, but there is no support for AppleTalk via the included ports on a Mac II( or IIx, etc.). Because of this, you would have to acquire a board to do AppleTalk just to get the AppleTalk service. Unfortunately (again), this would not get you TCP/IP over that AppleTalk network, either, because (as far as I know), there is no support for AppleTalk-encapsulated-IP under A/UX. Currently, the best solution for multiple Macs connected to an A/UX machine is putting the A/UX machine on EtherNet and connecting the other Mac's AppleTalk to the EtherNet via some kind of bridge box (Cayman's GatorBox or Kinetic's FastPath). This way you can use NCSA Telnet (or our commercially supported Macintosh TCP/IP product TCP/Connect), to connect to the A/UX machine. Gaige B. Paulsen InterCon Systems Corporation (Home of TCP/Connect)