Re: Fastpath 5 and GS/TCP

[derek@slab.cisco.com (Derek Taubert)]

In <5c1cki$lga$1@scramble.lm.com> Matt Portune wrote:
> I just got my Shiva Fastpath 5 today, and was making a list of everything 
else 
> I need to buy to get this little setup going with win95.  Then, suddenly, 
it 
> hit me.  Win95 has built in TCP/IP support.  So, when GS/TCP comes out, 
won't 
> the 2 machines be quite happy talking to each other?  Will I actually be 
able 
> to get into the GS from another machine on the network, and vice versa?  

Yes sir.

I have a question about your Fastpath.  Where did you get it and how much did 
you pay for it?

> I'm thinking, the GS and the Mac will have phone-net adapters, and connect 
to 
> the Fastpath.  The Fastpath has a BNC connector (via AUI/BNC converter) and 
> will connect to a 3com etherlink board in the PC.  Until GS/TCP comes out, 
> I'll use PC MacLAN Connect 6.0 to act as the Appletalk server for the GS 
and 
> Mac. 
> 
> Am I on the right track?  Anybody have any other advice?  (or maybe a 
release 
> date for GNO & GS/TCP?)   :)

Sounds like everything you've stated here is doable.

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