Re: Putting a IIgs on an ethernet network?

[fadden@netcom.com (Andy McFadden)]

In article <37a3e10b.26545314@news>,
Jeff Blakeney <CUTblakeney@home.com> wrote:
>While I was at KFest, my IIgs was connected to Avila College's
>ethernet system through an Etherwave Adapter.

I have successfully connected to a WinNT server running Macintosh
services with a IIgs and a Farallon PN842-1 Etherwave Printer Adapter.
I got it to recognize a "netatalk" server on Linux, but haven't had time
to figure out the access permission stuff yet, so I haven't actually
logged in.

I tried a Shiva Fastpath, and had some success, but the Farallon adapter
worked much better (it's also a fraction of the size).

I had some bizarre problems initially.  It turns out my Ascend Pipeline 25
is configured to block AppleTalk traffic... mostly.  Some routing-related
stuff from work leaks through.  Apparently it's just enough to confuse
everything else, so when I connect into work all the AppleTalk stuff drops.
Bizarre.  (Disconnecting the Pipeline fixed the "nbp_rgstr" errors I
posted about earlier.)

At any rate, the NT4 setup works pretty well.  I was able to copy files
around and launch them from the remote server fairly quickly.  Sure
beats cranking up ProTERM and doing Zmodem transfers (with a crusty
version of ProCOMM on the other end that doesn't know about long filenames).

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