Re: Marinetti over LocalTalk/Appletalk?

[andrew.roughan@writeme.com (Roughana)]

Thanks very much for your analysis and input.
I'm learning a lot about Appletalk.

jalapeno1@mac.com (jalapeno) wrote in message news:<2f367031.0202150833.538c138b@posting.google.com>...
> Do you have the source code for Marinetti's MacIP link layer?
The MacIP link layer is not currently released as Open Source.
However, if problems are identified then fixes are possible by
reporting bugs on the MOSP site.

> Is the source for IPNetRouter available?
> Can you update IPNetRouter to be a full IP Gateway?
No to both. It is a commercial programme.

> We can write our own IP Gateway if you have a LanceGS card.
> IP Gateways are easy (famous last words ;) to program and the
> MacIP docs tell you what you need to include.
I believe that the LanceGS comes with it's own Link Layer for
Marinetti.
So this is probably not necessary.
Would anyone with a LanceGS care to comment?

> With a IIGS IP Gateway you can get rid of your
> Powerbook and IPNetRouter all together :)
The idea behind my investigation is to get a solution working that
uses MacIP across Appletalk to something. This will allow the
documentation of the solution for others who may have this gear
available to them.

> Ok, it sounds like IPNetRouter is using your Mac's OpenTransport or
> MacTCP client to send via Localtalk.
I am using OpenTransport with MacOS 8.1.

> Do you have a Localtalk packet sniffer? 
No. I have searched for one in software for the Mac.
LocalPeek does not seem to be available anywhere. Broken links
everywhere.

> Actually, a IIGS packet sniffer shouldn't be hard to write (famous last words again) since LLAP is built into the firmware. 
Would this need to sit on a second IIgs on the Appletalk network 
or on the same IIgs as Marinetti?

Cheers,
Andrew