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- From: ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
- Subject: Re: ethertalk and localtalk at the same time
- Date: 13 Jan 93 03:28:36 GMT
- Organization: The University of British Columbia
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- Message-ID: <ferch.726895716@swiss.ucs.ubc.ca>
- References: <sivbl.726830016@win4> <1993Jan13.010837.12653@cujo.curtin.edu.au>
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- In <1993Jan13.010837.12653@cujo.curtin.edu.au> ken@cujo.curtin.edu.au (Ken Taylor) writes:
-
- >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 routed 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 :)
-
- Or you can bridge EtherTalk and LocalTalk using products from Sonic
- Systems with less overhead than Apple Internet Router. I've lost track of
- how many times I've posted the following, so forgive me if it's the
- umpteenth time, but until the question stops being asked... ;-)
-
- I saw the following software-only solutions, for bridging Ethernet and
- LocalTalk, at the Mactivity conference in July. SuperBridge should do what
- you want. In the following, "Show" refers to the Mactivity show price.
-
- EtherBridge Series from Sonic Systems
-
- Product Description Retail Show
-
- LaserBridge Allows up to 5 LocalTalk printers to be $199 $100
- shared on Ethernet
-
- PowerBridge Allows any Mac to be connected to Ethernet 149 75
-
- SuperBridge Allows up to 5 Macs and/or LocalTalk 249 125
- printers to be connected to Ethernet
-
- Sonic Systems
- 333 W. El Camino Real #280
- Sunnyvale, CA 94087
- Tel: 408-736-1900
- Fax: 408-736-7228
-