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- From: cjones@physci.ucla.edu (Chad Jones)
- Subject: Re: How do you set up a LocalTalk net b/t 2 Macs???
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 07:54:21 PST
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- In article <1993Jan25.045452.7754@Princeton.EDU> John Alan Dunning,
- jdunning@chagall.Princeton.EDU writes:
- >For the LocalTalk connection I've tried both PowerUser LocalTalk
- >connectors from MacConnection and PhoneNet-type connectors (obviously
- >I didn't try to combine the two types of connectors). I've plugged
- >the connetors into the Printer ports on both computers (I've also
- >tried the Modem port, but that shouldn't work, right?).
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- Did you terminate the extra port on each PhnoNet connector? You should
- have gotten an RJ-11 plug with a 120 ohm resistor across two of the
- contacts that you use as a terminator.
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- Also, make sure you have LocalTalk selected in the network control panel.
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