Re: AppleTalk on IIGS - Questions...

[apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <bkmtq1$8ke$1@acme.gcfn.org>,
Dave Althoff Jr <dalloff@gcfn.org> wrote:
>
>I have my system set up as follows:
>
>Apple IIgs running GS/OS 6.0.1
>Mac LC-III running MacOS 7.something
>Mac G4 running OS-X.2.6
>
>Apple IIgs connected via PhoneNet to Mac LC-III
>Mac LC-III running LocalTalk Bridge (available via download from Apple)
>Mac LC-III connected to Ethernet hub
>Mac G4 connected to Ethernet hub
>
>AppleTalk is enabled on the G4.  The G4 can see both the LC-III and the
>IIgs, but of course there is no server for the IIgs.  Also, while the IIgs
>can see a shared directory on the G4, it cannot write successfully to it. 
>For my file sharing, I use the LC-III as a file server visible to both the
>G4 and the IIgs.  
>
...
>
>Now, if anybody knows how I could telnet into my G4 via Appletalk.....
>

Dave, I have similar setups for my GS at work and at home.  However, I
also run IPNetRouter on the equiv of your LC-III.  (I use a PPC7100 at
home and a PPC8550 (workgroup server) at work, each running OS8.5 or
8.6, but I think 7.5.3+ will work if it can run OpenTransport.) Then any
machine (GS or Mac) on the localtalk cables can use MacIP to telent to
machines on the network (WAN or LAN).  I can telnet using Spectrum to the
ground.ecn.uiowa.edu or to a AIX machine handling one of my email accounts
or to the HPUX workstation in my office.

So, installing IPNetRouter ($, but not too expensive, www.sustworks.com)
will get you on the way, out the door, ...  I haven't tried to telent to
my wife's iMac OSX 10.2 yet and I use a Mac as fileserver to bridge
Appletalk between GS and OSX (haven't tried direct file-sharing).  I do
not know if one can telnet to OSX as it is, or a telent deamon needs to be
installed and running.  I can telnet from OSX to other unix boxes without
problems.

In summary, IPNetRouter and MacIP, will accomplish what you need for the
GS and classic MacOS.  I do not use the GS for telnet regularly because
Spectrum will always lock up at some (random) time during a session.  I do
not know if it a Spectrum problem or the tcp addon problem.  In theory it
works, in practise it always fails.  Telnet on the Macs running Mac
Proterm always works faultlessly.

Give IPNetRouter a try, I think you can run it for a 30 day period as is
without paying a registration fee.  You will like it so much you will
register, pay a fee, and they'll send your registraton code ASAP by email.
(Maybe 30 secs if paying by credit card ;-) )

Hmmm, does a LC-III have enough memory to run OT?  OT may requite more RAM
than a LC can hold.  If so, find a CSi or something that can handle more
RAM.  I tend to run PPC's now and forget what the 680x0 machines can do.

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)