Re: AppleTalk to Ethernet bridge software for Mac?

["Mark Cummings" <figjams@primus.com.au>]

>> Running NT Server or PCMacLan would be one solution for the Macs (as
>> noted earlier, there may be problems with the user authentication method
>> supported by the IIgs).
>
>Tried that with a version of PCMacLan a couple of years back and it
>did work...verified it for a friend who had a PC and a GS...although
>he never got any farther than that.  Ran through a Kinetics Fastpath
>4 localtalk/ethernet router.

I got it to work on the IIGS. No router in my setup. I added user names on
PC MACLAN prior to attempting to accessing any vols. Also you have to
specify which vols are shared from the File Server part of PC MACLAN.

>From what I remember, PC Maclan would only deal with printers that
>were on ethernet, it wouldn't talk to anything through a router.
>Didn't pay too much attention to that, had a LW IIg on ethernet and
>a DW 550c on localtalk and I don't think Windows would have printed
>to that particular printer in that setup anyways.

As I said in my other post, I did manage to get my AppleTalked ImageWriter
II to work from my PC through the LocalTalkBridge on the Mac, and PC MACLAN
on the PC. I used the C-ITOH-8510 driver knowing that was compatable with
the IW2. I guess any AppleTalk printer on the Appletalk side would work if
there was a suitable Windows Driver, like the LaserWriter for example. Next
on my shopping list... 1 x Apple LaserWriter xyz :)

Mark