Re: AppleTalk to Ethernet bridge software for Mac?

["Tim Haynes" <trhaynes@yahoo.com>]

Thanks very much, Phil!  Getting that ethernet card won't actually be so
hard:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1253804233&r=0&t=0&sh
owTutorial=0&ed=994696635&indexURL=0&rd=1

Heh... :)

I'll be posting the results of my IIgs <--> Mac SE/30  <--> Win2K AppleTalk
Services experiment in the next few weeks, hopefully!! :) :)

Thanks again,
Tim

"Phil Beesley" <pb14@le.ac.uk> wrote in message
pb14-090720011716151387@mac180.cc.le.ac.uk">news:pb14-090720011716151387@mac180.cc.le.ac.uk...
> In article <9icec5$if0jb$1@ID-21339.news.dfncis.de>, Tim Haynes
> <trhaynes@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > In my ongoing saga to get my IIgs talking to the rest of my network
> > (currently it only talks AppleTalk across a LocalTalk connection to a
Mac
> > SE/30) I am wondering if I install an Ethernet card in the SE/30 if
there is
> > any bridging software out there that will let me get at the rest of my
> > network by bridging across the SE/30 somehow?  I know it's a long shot,
but
> > it's a shot.  ;)
>
> Getting the ethernet card may be the hardest bit...
>
> 1. Install a suitable version of System 7.1 or 7.5
>
> 2. Install ethernet drivers if using a card that is not compatible with
> Apple's drivers.
>
> 3. Install Network Software Installer 1.5.1 to update the AppleTalk
> release. An alternative would be to install Open Transport 1.1.1 or
> 1.1.2.
>
> 4. Install LocalTalk Bridge 2.1. You will probably want to configure it
> for Public access.
>
> The above combination should work for most AppleShare clients and
> servers. Should you manage to get it to work with a IIgs and Windows
> 2000 Service for Macintosh, let me know how!
>
> Phil