Steve ][ wrote:
Hey all. I found a Shiva FastPath on eBay, thinking I could use it toget my IIGS on my home network.It didn't come with a "transceiver", which I think is just a dongle-thing to convert the 10base2 to 10baseT. Is that correct, and where can I get one? I have a PowerBook 3400 I can use to configure the FastPath, I do need to do that, right? The IIGS only speaks AppleTalk through the network port, right? My network is currently 100% TCP/IP with OS X machines and Windoze XP and newer. What server stuff do I need to run, and what do I need to run on the IIGS so I can communicate with the other systems? Thanks!
If its a Fastpath 5, firmware (latest revision of K-Star) and setup instructions are here: http://www.walshcomptech.com/fastpath5/
Note that if you hard reset a Fastpath 5, initial firmware upload and configuration must be done via the localtalk connection. I haven't had any issues running straight Appletalk file and printer sharing on the IIgs through the Fastpath (it does support Appletalk Phase I and II), Marinetti with its MacTCP LL is a different story. My IIgs crashes after a few minutes, but I think thats more of a Marinetti issue (I seem to recall it happening with PPP connections too).