On 10/21/2010 09:02 PM, pitz wrote:
Would this be worth cloning? They are cheap, but sometimes rare (I know that's quite a contradiction). Average price in eBay is around $30. With the threads about netatalk being able to talk AppleTalk over Ethernet, I suppose this could be useful for Apple IIe/IIgs as well as for classic Macs that do not have Ethernet ports/adapters. Provides them a way to connect to the Internet through a MacIP gateway running on a box that only has an Ethernet port (e.g., Linux running netatalk).
My jury is still out on the EtherWave. I bought (2) different models on eBay, a "mantaray" style unit and an iPrint LT. Neither of them is working properly in my environment. Any connection I establish from a IIGS spontaneously self-destructs after about 2 minutes of inactivity. Each side thinks the other shut down and I strongly suspect the bridge is ceasing to forward ASP packets just prior to that (from watching das blinkenlites).
This is the same problem I've traditionally had with FastPath 5 units. Oddly, my FP4s and Gatorboxes work flawlessly.
Since Tony speaks so highly of the Farallon units, I'm not going to give up yet. Still need to get a wireshark packet trace for Geoff Body to look at. Maybe something will jump out.
Steve