Re: Shiva FastPath

["Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com>]

"T. Sean Weintz" <strap@hanh-ct.org> wrote in message
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> Greg Andrzejewski wrote:
> > "Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >>Hi,
> >>    Got my Shiva FastPath 5 today in the never-ending quest to bring
> >
> > TCP/IP
> >
> >>to my Apple IIgs. I open up the box and... 10 base 2 connector (d'oh). I
> >>only have 10baseT. Now I have no idea what to do now. Are twisted pair
> >>"Shiva ethemodules" readily available? Is there a device that'll connect
> >>10b2 to 10bT? Am I better off looking for another localtalk-ethernet
> >
> > bridge?
> >
> >>Well, I could try and dig up an old ethernet card...
> >>
> >>-Greg
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ok, I picked up a 10Base2 Ethernet card for my pc today. Unfortunately,
I
> > only have one T connector and I don't have any terminators. I can't just
> > connect the PC to the FastPath directly using a Thinnet cable, can I?
> >
> > -Greg
> >
> >
>
> No. But you can go to radio shack, get a couple of 1/4w 47ohm resistors
> and some of the "screw on" type BNC connectors. Take one lead on the
> resistor and coil it around the body of the resistor. Then cut the other
> lead  so it is about maybe 1/4 inch. You wind up with something looking
> vaguely like this:
>
>    (\\\\\)-----
>
> Stick that lead into the screw on connector and screw the whole resistor
> into it. Voila - instant 10base2 terminator.
>
> You can also get the "t" connectors at rad schack. At least you used to
> be able to. It's been about 12 years since I've done thin net.

You still can, but they're like $5. Luckily, the local computer store had a
bunch for $1 each. They only had one terminator, though. I didn't have a
screw on connector, so I just stuck a 51 ohm resistor in the slot and coiled
the other end around the T connector. I don't think in worked, though.

Part of the the problem is that I don't really know what I'm doing. I set up
Internet Connection Sharing with Windows 98, and followed the instructions
on http://www.walshcomptech.com/fastpath5/upnrunning.htm to reset the
Fastpath and download the images. I think that's working. Now I've got it
hooked into my Win 98 box... and well.... I don't know what to do now. Is
everything just supposed to magically work? Nothing seemed to be different
on my Mac LC 580. MacTCP still showed 0.0.0.0.

It would be so nice to be able to use my Farallon Phonenet PC card to do
this.

-Greg