Scott McCormack wrote:
Hi folks, I dug out my old Apple 2gs and despite being in storage for several years the clock was still accurate and the hard drive is still working (yay!) Unfortunately the PowerMac 8500 I used to have to serve as a file server for the thing died many years ago and the oldest mac I currently have is an iMac G3. I am trying to get the IIGS to see the network shares on the iMac but so far I've not had any luck. I have one of the Ansante Localtalk to Ethernet bridge devices which I used to use with the PowerMac and the GS so I know that all works but so far I can't seem to get the GS to see the G3 or find out if it is even possible to use appleshare between these 2 machines.
Anecdotally, some of the bridge devices seem problematic for networking Apple 2 clients. I suspect you may have to configure it as a router instead of a bridge in order to get things to properly seed. Personally, I've never had any success with Asante devices under any circumstances. I'm currently using a Gatorbox CS in router mode to let my various Apple 2e and IIgs machines get at a Linux fileserver running netatalk.
I know this arrangement has "just worked" for a number of folks and simply refuses to work for others (hi, Tony!).
Unfortunately, I'm not a networking guru and also lack the time for a low-level analysis of the situations where it fails.
I realize this isn't much help and wish I had more advice to offer! STeve