Re: Asante'Talk Appletalk to Ethernet Adapter NR

[no <tarage@microsoft.bellsouth.net>]

David Empson wrote:

> no <tarage@microsoft.bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > What do you guys know about this? Can you hook up a IIGs to this thing
> > and have it run localtalk, then hook up the other side to an ethernet
> > LAN?
>
> Should work fine.
>
> You will be able to communicate with other machines on the Ethernet
> which are running the AppleTalk protocol stack (e.g. a Mac file server),
> but you won't get any other Ethernet protocol support (e.g. TCP/IP).
>

Ah. So I will still need a Mac to communicate with the rest of the LAN.
That's what I was trying to do, somehow obviate the Mac, but it looks like
it will be required. Well then low cost macs, here i come...

---Mike