phil@shl.uucp (Phil Trubey) (10/16/90)
The Subject pretty well says it all: Can you attach a LaserWriter directly to an AppleShare server (either through serial, LocalTalk, SCSI?) and have it act as a shared printer for the EtherTalk network that all the AppleShare client machines and the AppleShare server itself are connected to? Thanks. -- Phil Trubey (UUCP: ...!uunet!shl!phil)
bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG) (10/16/90)
In article <1990Oct15.172356.29359@shl.uucp> phil@shl.uucp (Phil Trubey) writes: >The Subject pretty well says it all: Can you attach a LaserWriter >directly to an AppleShare server (either through serial, LocalTalk, SCSI?) >and have it act as a shared printer for the EtherTalk network that all >the AppleShare client machines and the AppleShare server itself are >connected to? > Yes, if you use a product like Apple's Internet Router or Farallon's Liason to convert your EtherTalk packets to LocalTalk packets. Both of them work quite well, and with Liason you get the added capability to remotely access your local network over phone lines. An alternative would be to use Dayna's EtherPrint box to interface between your network and printer. Which one you choose depends upon your religious convictions regarding hardware vs. software :-). John Heckendorn /\ BMUG ARPA: bmug@garnet.berkeley.EDU A__A 1442A Walnut St., #62 BITNET: bmug@ucbgarne |()| Berkeley, CA 94709 Phone: (415) 549-2684 | |
scott@scotty (Scott Howard) (10/16/90)
Make that one vote for Liason- we use it to share Laserwriters around our department and have had no compatibility problems or detectable degradation in performance whatsoever. The best part is we get to use the 1K for something else, like buying bright new shiny toys for the graduate students. ;-)
phil@shl.uucp (Phil Trubey) (10/17/90)
In article <1990Oct15.181228.2320@agate.berkeley.edu> bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG) writes: >In article <1990Oct15.172356.29359@shl.uucp> phil@shl.uucp (Phil Trubey) writes: >>Can you attach a LaserWriter >>directly to an AppleShare server (either through serial, LocalTalk, SCSI?) >>and have it act as a shared printer for the EtherTalk network that all >>the AppleShare client machines and the AppleShare server itself are >>connected to? >> > >Yes, if you use a product like Apple's Internet Router or Farallon's >Liason to convert your EtherTalk packets to LocalTalk packets. Both of >them work quite well, and with Liason you get the added capability to >remotely access your local network over phone lines. Can you run Liason in the background and AppleShare in the foreground on the same Mac? ie. I'm looking for a way to not dedicate a Mac for Ethernet - Localtalk routing. -- Phil Trubey (UUCP: ...!uunet!shl!phil)
scott@scotty (Scott Howard) (10/18/90)
Yes, you can run Liason on your machine and still subscribe to Appleshare or AFP compatible servers. Dayna has an interesting new product adverstised in the latest version of MacWeek that seems to do the job of Liason, except in Hardware- it has a list around $400-$500.
alexis@panix.uucp (Alexis Rosen) (10/23/90)
In article <1990Oct18.010056.7222@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> scott@scotty (Scott Howard) writes: >Yes, you can run Liason on your machine and still subscribe to Appleshare >or AFP compatible servers. Not what he asked... The answer is yes, you can run Liason or the InterNet Router on an AppleShare Server. (Presumably, you'll also want to run the Laser Spooler on this same Mac. I'm doing this at several clients' sites.) Liason 2.0.x had some problems running on AppleShare servers, in a few odd cases. The just-released 3.0 should be completely clean, though. Farallon ran a very extensive beta test program. >Dayna has an interesting new product adverstised in the latest version >of MacWeek that seems to do the job of Liason, except in Hardware- >it has a list around $400-$500. No, it doesn't. It will connect _one_ LaserWriter to an ethernet. It's a workable but not particularly nice solution. --- Alexis Rosen Owner/Sysadmin, PANIX Public Access Unix {cmcl2,apple}!panix!alexis