Re: Localtalk gateway/bridge

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

"Mark Cummings" <figjams@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> The AppleTalk Control Panel is set to "Ethernet". Other options are
"Printer
> Port" "Modem Port" and "Remote Only". It does not affect the GS or any
other
> Apple using the LocalTalk port. I think this is because LocalTalk Bridge
is
> installed.

Where is the Localtalk Bridge software? Is this automatically installed
when you install the OS or do I have to get it from somewhere?

> I think thats the same as IP sharing. I run Sygate on the PC for this
> purpose, but only when I want to allow other PC's/Macs to connects to the
> internet. There are plenty of other programs on the PC that can do this
too.
> On the Mac I have set the TCP/IP control panel with the following
settings:
> Conect via: Ethernet
> Configure: Manually
> IP Address: 192.168.0.5 (gives this Mac an address)
> Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (no idea what this does)
> Router Address: 192.168.0.1 (the PC's IP address)
> DNS address set to my ISP's DNS server address, use your ISP's setting.
> I don't know what DHCP is or how to set up firewalls. There is a DCHP
setup
> screen on Sygate but I don't know how to set it up. I have never done any
> formal network training, only trial and error learning :) + help from
> others.

Not exactly the same on Windows. Windows internet connection
sharing only works if you have a dial up access. I have a proxy
server because it is an ethernet connection to the internet via
a cable modem.  The ip address 192.168.0.1 is specifically
reserved for a proxy server. DHCP is an automatically configured
network. The DHCP server assigns each pc on the network an
IP address. This is how most ISP's work these days since static
IP's are not common. My ISP doesn't even require you to set
 up a DNS server since that is handled by DHCP.

>
> Sorry I don't use Netscape, I'm using MSIE 4, only because that's what
came
> with my Printer software CD ROM. I have also used MacWeb, but that was
> directly via Modem, before I got the PC & Mac connected via ethernet.
>
Does it work on a Mac IIsi?
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