Re: eBay Keywords for Gatrobox or Equivalent?

[roughana <andrew.roughan@writeme.com>]

On May 17, 12:39 am, pitz <pitz.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not certain this is DDP-IP (MacIP) routing.  It is, as described,
> TCP/IP over LocalTalk.
>
> If I'm reading this correctly, OT can route TCP/IP over either
> LocalTalk or Ethernet, but it's not encapsulating/translating TCP/IP
> with AppleTalk.

That statement is consistent with what I read here:
http://macfaq.org/hardware/network.shtml

"2.7.6 - Can I use LocalTalk Bridge to get my LocalTalk Macs on the
Internet?
Yes and no. First of all, LocalTalk Bridge will not route TCP/IP in
any way, shape, or form. [....]"

But inconsistent with what I read here:
http://www.lowendmac.com/tech/ip_on_localtalk.shtml

"Some may recall that LocalTalk Bridge wasn't compatible with OT when
it first came out, and this was because OT primarily speaks TCP/IP,
which the original LocalTalk Bridge couldn't handle properly. It used
to require an Apple IP Gateway to handle the encapsulation, but OT
rolled that into the OS."

> I think the Marinetti
> MacIP link layer uses AppleTalk (i.e., encapsulates TCP/IP with
> AppleTalk), and then relies on the MacIP server to perform the removal
> of the AppleTalk layer to pass along the TCP/IP packet.

Yes, that's what is going on.

> I don't know if it's possible to program the IIgs to work directly
> with LocalTalk, instead of through AppleTalk.

Hmmm, an interesting thought. I don't know without some investigation.
But I'd want to be sure that whatever I am going to talk to will
actually understand it before I started off down that path.
I'm still confused about exactly what is possible. I will probably
have to try the LocalTalk Bridge method myself.

Regards,
Andrew