Steven N. Hirsch <shirsch@adelphia.net> wrote:
Some ethernet/localtalk bridges, especially ones aimed at printer use,
don't always seem to pass all the Appletalk protocols properly, and/or have
something happen strange in the translation.
I've had the most luck with Cayman Gatorbox CS (Model 10101) and the CS
Rack mount model.
Some people have had success with Farallon FastPath routers, but not me.
Do you mean Shiva/Kinetics FastPath? Their compatibility with Apple 2
AppleTalk varies with hardware and firmware level. I've had great
success with FastPath 4 boxes running newer firmware. The FastPath 5
works properly at first connection from a IIe + Workstation card or
IIgs, but invariably drops the session after about 5 minutes. There
must be something in the Appletalk "keepalive" protocol that's dropped,
but I've never been able to figure out what.
I have a Shiva FastPath 4. It's a large brick with a noisy fan, and
I found that it was easily confused by changes in the network (i.e. it
works best when configurations are relatively stable). One interesting
difference between it and the Farallon EtherWave Printer Adapter is that it
shows up as an AppleTalk entity that can be queried, whereas the printer
adapter doesn't.