25 Oct
2000
25 Oct
'00
2:49 a.m.
There are at least two products that will perform
TCP/IP
"encapsulation"
into Appletalk using a Mac:
1. A current product called IPNetRouter. See:
http://www.sustworks.com/site/ipr_guide/localtalk.html
It will run on all current Macs.
2. An old Apple product called "Apple IP Gateway". See:
http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n16705
This product will not run on PCI Macs or on Macs running
"Open Transport".
Another product is Vicom Internet Gateway... it's been
split into two products now, one carrying the same name
includes the ability to block access to specific web sites
and has CyberNot filter capability.
A more stripped-down version is called SoftRouter. Both
products allow you to multi-home the Mac, and it then
routes Localtalk to TCP/IP and vice-versa.
Nice product; we use it on a Mac to connect our entire
office to the Internet over a measly V.90 link.
-dq
25 Oct
25 Oct
4:16 a.m.
However, be forewarned that ViacomSoft apparently knows nothing about
Appletalk Bridge software. I have an extremely small network
consisting of my PowerComputing clone and my wife's Quadra 650. We
also have three different Appletalk printers. (PLW NT, HP Deskjet and
Color Stylewriter) I have to use the Bridge software to communicate
with the printers. I use ethernet and a x-over cable to connect the
Macs. SurfDoubler would not allow access to the printers. Their tech
support had no experience with it.
After a month of trying to make it work, I tried Sustainable's
IPNetRouter. Plug and play. Well worth the additional $50 if only
for the lack of agravation factor. ViacomSoft's final answer was, "
If you figure it out, let us know." I figured it out. The answer was
to drop the ViacomSoft product and replace it with IPNetRouter.
Told 'em what the fix was too! If you do not have to have a mixed
network, ViacomSoft's product will probably work just fine. It just
wouldn't work for me.
Jim Arnott
Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
Another product is Vicom Internet Gateway... it's
been
split into two products now, one carrying the same name
includes the ability to block access to specific web sites
and has CyberNot filter capability.
A more stripped-down version is called SoftRouter. Both
products allow you to multi-home the Mac, and it then
routes Localtalk to TCP/IP and vice-versa.
Nice product; we use it on a Mac to connect our entire
office to the Internet over a measly V.90 link.
-dq
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