Re: Marinetti over LocalTalk/Appletalk?

[Phil Beesley <pb14@le.ac.uk>]

In article <f6ab8a2f.0202102137.2538c2c9@posting.google.com>, Roughana
<andrew.roughan@writeme.com> wrote:

> Phil Beesley <pb14@le.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:<pb14-070220021525155932@mac180.cc.le.ac.uk>...
> > I've had all of the above working with an SE/30 running LocalTalk
> > Bridge and IPNetRouter (which can act as a MacIP server) to connect Mac
> > Plus and similar to the internet.
> 
> After re-reading your post, and installing Localtalk Bridge to see
> what happened, can I assume that Localtalk Bridge does not act as a
> MacIP gateway?

Yes.

> From what I can gather by reading doco, IPNetRouter should be capable
> of doing what a IIgs (Marinetti, MacIP link layer, AppleTalk protocol,
> LocalTalk cabling) needs it to do in order to connect to IP services
> on a Macintosh.
> Therefore I believe that Localtalk Bridge should not be required if
> IPNetRouter is configured with a MacIP interface. Do you agree?

IPNetRouter *should* provide the MacIP service that you require.
However, it is almost certain that you are now exploring uncharted
territory. Have you considered testing the Marinetti MacIP link layer
with a Gatorbox or Fastpath hardware router; the MacIP server in these
has been more thoroughly tested than IPNetRouter.

LocalTalk Bridge is required if you need to connect your IIgs to
AppleShare servers on an ethernet network.
 
> I have been able to get Marinetti (MacIP link layer, AppleTalk
> protocol, LocalTalk cabling) to register a name with an IP address.
> The Macintosh (running IPNetRouter) is able to see this registration
> using the Appletalk protocol but not with the IP protocol (ie I can
> use Appleshare utils to do echo pings to the IIgs, but I can't use an
> IP Ping utils to do successful echo pings to the IIgs).

Have you checked out your MacIP routing using a Mac on the LocalTalk
network?

Good luck

Phil