Re: Ethernet card?

[sbehrens@contech.demon.co.uk (Soenke Behrens)]

pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:

>The question is: is it worth the trouble?  What are you going to do with
>an Apple on Ethernet that one on LocalTalk does not already do?

Interface it with my PC. Interface my PC through ISDN with the office
and have access from my GS through the Ether IP link to the NT server
at the office. Or be able to print on the office printer (using lpr or
rprint protocol) through that link.

Just an example. Sure, I could put a PS file on disk and then take it
to the office, unpack and print. But isn't it much nicer to just be
able to print, and collect the result in the morning? High-end PS
printers usually aren't on a parallel port, they're on an Ether
connection that supports TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, LAT, NetBIOS and AppleTalk.

Ethernet would open the world of LAN devices to a GS. LocalTalk is
limited to Apple, and even there it's not that widely used I
understand, being dropped in favour of EtherTalk.

Off the top of my head, the applications that come to mind are:

- Printing
- Client Routing/Internet through something like a Shiva AccessPort
- Traditional LAN/fileserver services
- Remote Access/Modem Sharing (Dial-In to GS from remote locations,
  Dial-Out from any GS on network through centralized modem pool)
- "Puttering around" :)

Seriously though, Ether would make the GS a machine that no longer
exists on its own small island, provided Ether comes with an IP
implementation.

Soenke
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