Re: Appletalk to ethernet

[David Wilson <mcs6502@gmail.com>]

On Dec 5, 12:15 pm, pitz <pitz.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The limitation of the Farallon adapters is that it only provides
> LocalTalk to EtherTalk conversion.  With this, the OP would still need
> software that recognizes AppleTalk on the PC.  The Gatorbox, FastPath,
> Multigate/MultiPort, and EtherRoute/TCP are supposed to also provide
> MacIP capability -- I've only verified on the Gatorbox and FastPath so
> far -- so the Mac LC can make use of TCP/IP networking (and with the
> same setup, the IIgs with Marinetti can make use of TCP/IP).

I can confirm from experience that the MultiGate and MultiPort/LT
provide MacIP and here is an extract from page 9 of the MLTGuide:

"You set up the MultiPort/LT to recognize MacIP protocol and serve IP
addresses, and simply equip each Macintosh with Open Transport."