Re: Shiva Fastpath 4 - MyNetwork.txt (0/1)

[cranem@athenet.net (Michael Crane)]

On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 07:16:20 GMT, cranem@athenet.net (Michael Crane)
wrote:

>
>I recently purchased one of these and would like to get a manual for
>it.  A paper/electronic copy would be fine with me.  The company that
>made them (Shiva) barely acknowledges their existance, much less gives
>any idea how to get a manual for them.  Furthermore, if anybody out
>there has successfully configured one of these boxes to link a
>Localtalk network to an Ethernet network, I could use a bit of help
>getting it configured.  The attached file shows my current hardware
>configuration.  As nearly as I can tell, the hardware connections are
>correct - I just don't have the Fastpath configured for the two
>networks to see and talk with each other.
>
>[the attached document is best viewed using a mono-spaced font such as
>Courier or Monaco.  in fact, it probably won't make much sense
>otherwise.]

[  56K Modem   ]                                 [ 14.4K Modem ]
[  internet    ]                                 [  internet   ]
       \                                               \
       \                                               \
[   P200MMX    ]                                       \
[    WIN98     ]                                 [ APPLE IIGS ]
[  PCI E-NET   ]=================                [SYSTEM 6.0.1]
[   gateway    ]                |                [ PHONE-NET  ]
                                |                [w/Marinetti ]
                                |                [workstation ]
[  SUN IPC     ]                |                      +
[ SPARCSTATION ]                |                      +
[  SOLARIS 2   ] [AUI/10BT] [LINKSYS] [AUI/10BT] [   SHIVA    ]
[  AUI E-NET   ]=[x-ceiver]=[10BASET]=[x-ceiver]=[ FASTPATH 4 ]
[   server/    ]            [5 PORT ]            [   router   ]
[ workstation  ]            [HUB    ]          +++++++++
                             |  |              +
[MACINTOSH IICI]             |  |      [    SHIVA   ] [    APPLE     ]
[  MACOS 7.5   ]             |  |      [  NETSERIAL ]\[STYLEWRITER II]
[ NuBUS E-NET  ]==============  |              +
[ workstation  ]                |              +++++++++
      \                         |                [MACINTOSH PLUS]
      \\\[28.8k modem]          |                [  SYSTEM 7.1  ]
         [ internet  ]          |                [  PHONE-NET   ]
                                |                [ MACTCP 2.0.6 ]
[    P120      ]                |                [ workstation  ]
[    LINUX     ]                |
[  ISA E-NET   ]=================
[    server    ]


NOTE: \: Serial
      =: 10Mbps Ethernet
      |: 10Mbps Ethernet
      +: Localtalk/Phonenet