Re: LocalTalk-to-ethernet convertor?

["Shawn Beattie" <shawnbeattie@augustana.edu>]

Randy Shackelford wrote in message <70gcan$j4m$1@opal.southwind.net>...

>I use a Kinetics Fastpath 4. This is an industrial strength box, unlike
some
>of the gizmos from Asante and the like. Instead of limiting you to two or
>eight localtalk devices or something like that, you get dozens. It can
route
>Appletalk, TCP, DECnet, and other protocols I forget. I only use Appletalk
>myself. For some reason, these boxes can be had for a song in the forsale
>groups nowadays.


If your ethernet network has TCP/IP going over it, a nice companion to a
Fastpath is a terminal server. I have a Lantronix that I rescued from the
trash.

With a Fastpath doing Localtalk -> Ethertalk on your GS Printer port and a
Term server hanging off your modem port you have pretty much full access
for your GS directly connected to an ethernet network.

If your term server does SLIP or PPP that gives you the Marinetti option
also.

Shawn