Re: Localtalk gateway/bridge

[Phil Beesley <pb14@le.ac.uk>]

In article <MSGID_1=3a393=2f9005=40fidonet_7c0a8778@fidonet.org>, Steve
Quarrella <Steve.QuarrellaNOSPAM@f9005.n393.z1.fidonet.org> wrote:

> If I go to the IIgs system, I can access the shared Power Mac, so I know
> things 
> are workign on the LocalTalk side.  If I go to the Mac, I can see the
> Macintosh 
> volume I've created on the NT server.  A sees B, B sees C.
> 
> I'd like A to see C, though, so I could simply drop my Apple II files onto
> the 
> NT Mac volume.  Anybody know if this is doable?

I've experimented with Services for Mac on both NT4 and Windows 2000.
Unfortunately, as far as the IIgs is concerned, it is just one of those
scenarios that works on paper but which won't work in practice. I've
experimented with forced Network and Node numbers for the Mac running
LocalTalk Bridge and the NT/W2K server but the IIgs is always unable to
see the server in the AppleShare control panel.

My theory is that the IIgs has something wrong with Name Binding
Protocol which prevents it from seeing the NT/W2K server at all. I'm
not sure whether this is also true on a network with a hardware
AppleTalk router. One day I'll get around to taking a Gatorbox home...

Phil