raisch@Control.COM (Robert Raisch) (04/17/91)
I am running a small ether based Internet, which is gatewayed out to
the INTERNET.
I have two MAC II class machines, one of which has a laser printer attached.
I also have a slew of hosts that are not Mac compatible, (Unix, DOS, etc.)
Thus:
+-----------------+
| laser printer |
+------+----------+
|
| (AppleTalk)
|
+--------+-------+
| MAC II (MAC.1)|
| running |
| Wollongong's |
| LPR package |
+--------+-------+
|
| (Ethernet)
|
|
|=======+============+=========+============|
| |
| |
+-------+-------+ +--------+--------+
| Another MAC II| | Sun 4 |
| (MAC.2) | | |
+---------------+ +-----------------+
Ok, I can print just fine from the Sun to the laser printer, and of course
from MAC.1 to the printer, but I really need to be able to print, invisibly,
from MAC.2 to the printer.
Will the AppleTalk Internet Router from Apple solve this problem, or am
I faced with the expensive proposition of purchasing a GatorBox?
Thanks /rr
--
"I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." -Lectorbwild@foxi.uka.de (Bernd Wild) (04/18/91)
I am using the Internet Router in a similar case: 2 PCs with Ethernet connected to a MacIIsi with Ethernet and LaserWriter on LocalTalk. If you run the Router on the Mac it will produce 2 zones (EtherTalk + LocalTalk) which can be seen by everybody on the net. It does much the same than a Gatorbox BUT it runs in the background on your Mac which serves as gateway. Thus don't expect to do a lot of network transfers AND be a poweruser of your Mac. If you're only dealing with printing (as I do) it runs pretty fine with much less costs than a Gator or Kinetics. Bernd. ============================================================================== Bernd Wild bwild@fzi.uka.de Forschungszentrum Informatik FZI Dept. Technical Expert Systems and Robotics Haid-und-Neu-Strasse 10-14 D - 7500 Karlsruhe GERMANY Tel.: (+49 | 0) 721 / 6906-310 ==============================================================================