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- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!cujo!ken
- From: ken@cujo.curtin.edu.au (Ken Taylor)
- Subject: Re: ethertalk and localtalk at the same time
- Message-ID: <1993Jan13.010837.12653@cujo.curtin.edu.au>
- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
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- References: <sivbl.726830016@win4>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 01:08:37 GMT
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- Brett L Sivies (sivbl@win4.vut.EDU.AU) wrote:
- : Now the problem is this. He now has an ethernet card in his mac
- : server, which he wants to have connected to the ethernet to receive
- : mail and take advantage of other equipment on the network. BUT. he
- : cannot once he has changed the network software use the laser printers
- : in his office area, or use the mac server from his laptop because the
- : appletalk is touted through the ethernet card.
- :
- : Is there ANY software that will allow both ethernet and local talk to
- : be send from the same mac?? I remember an apple sales person
- : mentioning something about using a macintosh as a gateway server from
- : local talk to ethertalk, but I cannot remember who said it or if it
- : could be done...
-
- Yes.. There are at least two solutions..
-
- If you're only accessing TCP/IP machines via the Ethernet, you can set MacTCP
- to use the ethernet interface independent of the Appletalk connection, and
- hence, talk appletalk out the LocAltalk port, and TCP/IP out the Ethernet card.
-
- If you need to access Appletalk services through both cards, you can get hold
- of Apple's Internet Router. This allows you to have multiple active Appletalk
- connections from your mac (eg: Ethernet and two Localtalk (using both serial
- ports)). The downside is that your machine would also become a router between
- the two networks which could slow your machine down a lot if others on the
- Ethernet decide to print to localtalk printers via your machine :)
-
- I wonder if there's a way of using AIR's net interface without running the
- Router software - perhaps there is, I haven't ever researched this..
-
- Ken
- --
- Ken Taylor | "I have a friend who's seen inside my tiny brain
- ken@cujo.curtin.edu.au | He's seen the aging and the mildew from the rain
- Curtin University | And he does what he can to keep on top of every
- Perth, W. Australia | one of them" - Happy Rhodes
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