Re: Network for the GS?

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

Geoff Weiss (geoff@seeker.the-hermes.net) wrote:
: Joe Barbey <joseph.m.barbey@uwrf.edu> wrote:
: >Which brings up an interesting question, one which I have been thinking
: >about recently.  If I had a modem connected to my Mac (PM 7500) and that
: >computer was connected to My GS through appletalk and GS/TCP, would I be
: >able to use the modem on the GS easily?  Or would I need special (read
: >expensive) software on the Mac to handle it?  The Mac would be running

: You will need to get special software (no idea on cost) to route IP from
: the Mac to the GS.  Each machine would also need a dedicated IP address
: (unless you want to start messing with the 224.*.*.* addresses).

That's what Apple's IP Gateway software is for, it's a go between for a TCP
connected Mac and other machines localtalked to the Mac. Probly not cheap,
but it's in the Macwarehouse catalog.
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Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
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