Re: Shiva Fastpath 5 and IIGS

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Shawn Beattie (stbeattie@delphi.com) wrote:
: I recently acquired a Shiva Fastpath 5 Localtalk-Ethernet bridge, but
: unfortunately with no documentation.  My hope is to be able to connect
: a GS to the campus 10-base-T lan for access to Novell and NT servers
: (which are running Appletalk protocols) as well as Macs running filesharing
: over Ethernet.

Well with my Fastpath 4, the (photocopied) manual says it's self configuring
if you only use Appletalk. So if you haven't yet, I'd say just plug it in and
fire it up and see what you get. Fastpaths can route TCP, DECnet, Appletalk,
and a couple or three more I think. These are slick boxes.

: Does anyone have experience with this type of setup?  The Fastpath did not
: come with docs or software.  Hints/tips would be welcome.

I have a disk which came with mine, and it contains the software plus config
files and instructions on downloading the files. Give a shout if you want to
give it a try. No guarantees but it works great with my Fastpath 4.
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