Re: Localtalk gateway/bridge

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

"Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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> Maybe you should look at PC MACLAN to see if it works on Win2K or NT
> machines. Another application I have heard of is DAVE, but I think it's
> harder to set up and not quiite as good.

Is this a shareware app or did you buy it?

> On another note: I can also print from the PC to 2 Appletalk printers I
have
> on the Localtalk side. One is a LocalTalk ImageWriter II and the other I
> just got 2 days ago is an Apple LaserWriter Select 360 via the AppleTalk
> connector. This is only possible through the use of PC MACLAN's AppleTalk
> protocol. Although I could place the Laser between my PC and Mac on
> different printer ports, this approach will allow me to leave my inkjet on
> my PC on the only parallel port I have working, but still have access to 2
> other printers.
>
> I assume you know that you won't ever be able to see your GS from you PC
or
> Mac, because the GS doesn't run as a file server. But as far as
transfering
> files goes, it works better than the floppy shuffle, and file names are
> preserved better too. You can actually unshrink a disk image running GSHK
> directly off your PC this way. Saves a lot of wear and tear on the drives.

Does your Mac has Appletalk set to localtalk or ethertalk? How does this
affect the IIgs using localtalk if you have the Mac set to ethertalk? I
haven't
figured that out yet. I have a IIsi with an Asante 10baseT card and I would
like to connect it to my Windows network which has a Win2K machine
and a WinME machine on it.

> One issue I haven't solved is connecting to the internet on the PC's
modem,
> and running a IP sharing application so my Mac aand other PC's can surf, I
> lose file and printer sharing between the PC and Mac side of the network.
> Stopping the PC's IP server doesn't fix the problem alone, it stays this
way
> until I reboot the PC.

What about setting up a Proxy server or getting a Router to handle the
Proxy server/DHCP/firewall stuff? My Win 2K box is a Proxy server
for my network and I was hoping that would allow my Mac to use
my broadband cable connection.  Any idea which version of Netscape
will work on a Mac IIsi?

> Mark
>
>
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