Re: Appleshare/Appletalk Via Ethernet & PC's

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

"Andy McFadden" <fadden@fadden.com> wrote in message
news:EcIYc.11046$54.151538@typhoon.sonic.net...
> Marsha <menacechgo@aol.com> wrote:
> >> Does the EtherWave
> >> adapter plug directly into the GS and allow the GS to do Ethertalk? Are
> >> there any drives required on the GS side, or is it all handled by the
> >> EtherWave device?
> >
> > I've had some success with the EtherWave Mac/PB.  It plugs into both the
> > serial/Appletalk port, and the ADB port for power (with passthru for
your
> > keyboard)  It can also use a wall wart type power supply of 5-12volts or
> > so.  No special drivers are required it just lets the computer see
> > appletalk packets and devices that are on the ethernet side.
>
> The Farallon PN842-1 Etherwave Printer Adapter I have is meant for
> hooking up a LocalTalk printer to an Ethernet network.  All I had to do
> was plug it into my IIgs (modem or printer port), set slot 7 to "your
> card", and enable the appletalk/appleshare drivers in the system folder.
> It's much faster than using the serial ports as serial ports (238Kbits,
> for 18.5 KB/sec measured throughput).
>
> Here's a thread from five years back:
>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=7o8m0k%244lq%40dfw-ixnews21.ix.netcom.com&rnum=2&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Detherwave%2Bmcfadden%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D7o8m0k%25244lq%2540dfw-ixnews21.ix.netcom.com%26rnum%3D2
>
> And another from roughly the same era:
>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=84g52l%24hbr%241%40nntp4.atl.mindspring.net&rnum=5&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Detherwave%2Bmcfadden%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D84g52l%2524hbr%25241%2540nntp4.atl.mindspring.net%26rnum%3D5
>

It seems that it would be beneficial to pick up one of these devices. But
Windows XP does not support Appletalk, right? If I wanted to run an
Appleshare server from my PC for my GS, I'd need to install a third party
app? And these third party apps cost money, unfortunately. So it looks like
the best solution would be to use linux, I guess.

Will I then be able to plug the Etherwave device into an existing network
and be able to communicate with my PC? Or do I need to use a crossover cable
and connect the GS and the PC directly?

Thanks,
Greg