Re: A TCP/IP Question:

[jmholmes@swbell.net (John)]

Not to mention finding one of those little AppleTalk adapter boards for a PC 
is not only a nearly futile exercise, but when you DO come across them they 
tend to still be rather expensive unless you happen to run across someone who 
has one that doesn't realize how rare (and expensive, not to mention quite 
flaky) those cards actually were.


In article <872dfo$lao$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca>, "Henry Broekhuyse" 
<broekh@unixg.ubc.ca> wrote:
>1. If all you want to do is share files between a GS and a Linux server,
>Peter Rittwage solution will work very well (still requires use of an
>AppleTalk to ethernet bridge for existing GSs and Macs on LocalTalk
>cabling). However unless this has recently been added, I don't think
>Netatalk is designed for IP over AppleTalk communication - it is intended to
>make a Linux box look like an AppleShare file and print server.
>Incidentally, similar software "addins" exist for NT and Netware servers.
>2. If you want to use the Linux box as an internet router/gateway, I suspect
>that all machines connected to it will need to communicate using "pure" IP.
>Connecting a LocalTalk network to the Linux box through something like the
>Shiva FastPath will work, with the computers on the LocalTalk side of the
>FastPath sending IP packets "encapsulated" in the AppleTalk protocol. With a
>Mac connected to a LocalTalk network, this can be done with software like
>MacTCP - on an Apple II GS, doubtful.
>3. To answer another question, there did exist (at one time) AppleTalk
>adapter boards for PCs, to which LocalTalk cabling could be directly
>connected. I doubt these are still in production since ethernet cabling has
>essentially replaced LocalTalk cabling for new installations.
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