Re: eBay Keywords for Gatrobox or Equivalent?

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

If you are using the following:
    IIGS + GatorBox + NetGearBridge ...
and essentially using the GatorBox as a MacIP server, then the packets
would already be TCP/IP packets by the time it reaches the NetGear
bridge (which should accommodate TCP/IP well).  This does mean that
you need to write your IIgs application to work with Marinetti.

If your NetGear bridge (and anything in-between your IIgs and server)
can pass along AppleTalk packets, then the EtherWave adapter would
work, and this also means you do not need Marinetti on your IIgs and
can use AppleTalk to send data to the server.

/Peter


On May 15, 8:57 am, "Steve ][" <sc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I don't have to have the IIGS on the internet, just reading/writing
> files with a file server is basically all I need. I have Netgear
> wireless print servers in different places in my house bridging TCP/IP
> from Windows machines and OS X machines to my wirelsss access point. I
> thought I could do
>
> IIGS + Gatorbox + NetGearBridge -> WAP -> hub -> Macfilesvr.
>
> But now that might not work if the NetGear bridge product does not
> bridge AppleTalk, right? So maybe the GatorBox is not the thing to
> have at all. I want to make the IIGS just as wireless as everything
> else.
>
> I never heard of the Shiva FastPath. After web-searching a little, I
> found this page
>
> http://www.walshcomptech.com/fastpath5/upnrunning.htm
>
> Of course it does not talk about using/setting with a IIGS.
>
> Hmmm...
>
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 08:41:30 -0700 (PDT), pitz <pitz.w...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >If you just want to read/write files to your Windows Server (using the
> >combination of AppleTalk and Services for Macintosh), all you would
> >need is a LocalTalk-Ethernet bridge.  This should bridge AppleTalk
> >packets from the LocalTalk side (IIgs) to the Ethernet side (Windows
> >Server).  I could not remember if there were some issues with
> >authentication though.  For this kind of setup, look for the Farallon
> >EtherWave adapter, specifically the one with the LocalTalk connector.
> >It's been mentioned that an AsanteTalk may also work, but I was not
> >able to get mine working.
>
> >However, the above still uses AppleTalk over LocalTalk/Ethernet and
> >will not help you bridge to the outside world of the Internet.  For
> >that, you would need a TCP/IP connection.  Marinetti on the IIgs knows
> >how to talk DDP-IP, commonly referred to as MacIP.  TCP/IP packets are
> >encapsulated for transport over the LocalTalk wiring.  A MacIP server
> >connected to both LocalTalk and Ethernet will remove the encapsulation
> >and forward TCP/IP packets over to the Ethernet side, and vise versa.
> >For this, the GatorBox has been very popular, but getting rare (but
> >not expensive) on eBay.  An alternative is the Shiva FastPath -- there
> >are five of them on eBay right now (not mine), for as low $15.  The
> >FastPath 4 has the DB-9 LocalTalk connector, while the FastPath 5 has
> >the round LocalTalk connector similar to the IIgs'.