Re: Is there a market for EtherWave adapter clones?

[pitz <pitz.wong@gmail.com>]

On Oct 22, 4:51 am, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/21/2010 09:02 PM, pitz wrote:
>
> > Would this be worth cloning?  They are cheap, but sometimes rare (I
> > know that's quite a contradiction).  Average price in eBay is around
> > $30.  With the threads about netatalk being able to talk AppleTalk
> > over Ethernet, I suppose this could be useful for Apple IIe/IIgs as
> > well as for classic Macs that do not have Ethernet ports/adapters.
> > Provides them a way to connect to the Internet through a MacIP gateway
> > running on a box that only has an Ethernet port (e.g., Linux running
> > netatalk).
>
> My jury is still out on the EtherWave.  I bought (2) different models on eBay,
> a "mantaray" style unit and an iPrint LT.  Neither of them is working properly
> in my environment.  Any connection I establish from a IIGS spontaneously
> self-destructs after about 2 minutes of inactivity.  Each side thinks the
> other shut down and I strongly suspect the bridge is ceasing to forward ASP
> packets just prior to that (from watching das blinkenlites).
>
> This is the same problem I've traditionally had with FastPath 5 units.  Oddly,
> my FP4s and Gatorboxes work flawlessly.
>
> Since Tony speaks so highly of the Farallon units, I'm not going to give up
> yet.  Still need to get a wireshark packet trace for Geoff Body to look at.
> Maybe something will jump out.
>
> Steve

I hear ya.  I, too, have my reservations on the EtherWave.  I recall
having it hang on me while working with the Windows 2000 AppleShare
add-on.  And sometime a few tests ago, I saw a bunch of "rtmp_packet
bad phase 1 version" entries in the netatalk logs.  It's cheaper and
smaller than a full-pledged router like the FastPath or Gatorbox, as
long as we figure out the real hardware/firmware issues.

/pitz