Re: Localtalk gateway/bridge

["Mark Cummings" <figjams@primus.com.au>]

>> Maybe you should look at PC MACLAN to see if it works on Win2K or NT
>> machines. Another application I have heard of is DAVE, but I think it's
>> harder to set up and not quiite as good.
>
>Is this a shareware app or did you buy it?

There is a demo version that can be downloaded. That's what I am using.

>Does your Mac has Appletalk set to localtalk or ethertalk? How does this
>affect the IIgs using localtalk if you have the Mac set to ethertalk? I
>haven't
>figured that out yet. I have a IIsi with an Asante 10baseT card and I would
>like to connect it to my Windows network which has a Win2K machine
>and a WinME machine on it.

The AppleTalk Control Panel is set to "Ethernet". Other options are "Printer
Port" "Modem Port" and "Remote Only". It does not affect the GS or any other
Apple using the LocalTalk port. I think this is because LocalTalk Bridge is
installed.

>What about setting up a Proxy server or getting a Router to handle the
>Proxy server/DHCP/firewall stuff?

I think thats the same as IP sharing. I run Sygate on the PC for this
purpose, but only when I want to allow other PC's/Macs to connects to the
internet. There are plenty of other programs on the PC that can do this too.
On the Mac I have set the TCP/IP control panel with the following settings:
Conect via: Ethernet
Configure: Manually
IP Address: 192.168.0.5 (gives this Mac an address)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (no idea what this does)
Router Address: 192.168.0.1 (the PC's IP address)
DNS address set to my ISP's DNS server address, use your ISP's setting.
I don't know what DHCP is or how to set up firewalls. There is a DCHP setup
screen on Sygate but I don't know how to set it up. I have never done any
formal network training, only trial and error learning :) + help from
others.

> My Win 2K box is a Proxy server
>for my network and I was hoping that would allow my Mac to use
>my broadband cable connection.

I guess it should work.

> Any idea which version of Netscape
>will work on a Mac IIsi?

Sorry I don't use Netscape, I'm using MSIE 4, only because that's what came
with my Printer software CD ROM. I have also used MacWeb, but that was
directly via Modem, before I got the PC & Mac connected via ethernet.