Mac TCP/IP networking

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Tue Oct 24 15:27:07 2000

>> But of the 68Ks, I think the SE/30 is the most useful (to me). I use mine
>> as a boot server for the IIgses and as the LocalTalk server, after I stuck
>> a gig drive in it.
>
>Is it possible to remote boot a IIgs? I wasn't aware of that. Can you point
>me to info about how it's done? I doubt I'd do it, just curious. My IIgs
>has a larger HD than any of my Macs, but I've been thinging of putting
>a big drive in the IIfx I just obtained to use it as a LocalTalk server.
>
>I'm also looking for info about how to gateway between TCP/IP over AppleTalk
>and TCP/IP over ethernet. I've got a stand alone AppleTalk<>Ethernet box,
>but it appears only to transport the LocalTalk protocol without transforming
>IP into the proper format. A couple of other options I've been looking at
>are putting a AppleTalk card into a Linux box or using a Dayna SCSI Ethernet
>interface on one of the Macs.
>
>Any ideas on how to proceed are appreciated.
>
>Eric

If you want TCP/IP and want to support IIgs as well as mac, the only
solution I know of is the FastPath 4 made first by Kinetics, then Shiva.
The downside is that these boxes are not trivial to figure out how to setup
(then again they to a LOT of tricks). I have a dozen or so of them, with
one waiting to ship just as soon as I figure out the setup just a little
better. (I found a manual last week, which should help). The upside is that
nobody knows about them and they sell pretty cheap (around $25 to $50
used), and they do stuff you wouldn't even guess at like Ip tunneling. The
Fastpath 5 is newer etc., but the 4 seems from what I have read to be more
friendly to Apple II clients.
Received on Tue Oct 24 2000 - 15:27:07 BST