Mac TCP/IP networking

From: Jim Arnott <jrasite_at_eoni.com>
Date: Wed Oct 25 11:16:09 2000

However, be forewarned that ViacomSoft apparently knows nothing about
Appletalk Bridge software. I have an extremely small network
consisting of my PowerComputing clone and my wife's Quadra 650. We
also have three different Appletalk printers. (PLW NT, HP Deskjet and
Color Stylewriter) I have to use the Bridge software to communicate
with the printers. I use ethernet and a x-over cable to connect the
Macs. SurfDoubler would not allow access to the printers. Their tech
support had no experience with it.

After a month of trying to make it work, I tried Sustainable's
IPNetRouter. Plug and play. Well worth the additional $50 if only
for the lack of agravation factor. ViacomSoft's final answer was, "
If you figure it out, let us know." I figured it out. The answer was
to drop the ViacomSoft product and replace it with IPNetRouter.

Told 'em what the fix was too! If you do not have to have a mixed
network, ViacomSoft's product will probably work just fine. It just
wouldn't work for me.

Jim Arnott

Douglas Quebbeman wrote:

> Another product is Vicom Internet Gateway... it's been
> split into two products now, one carrying the same name
> includes the ability to block access to specific web sites
> and has CyberNot filter capability.
>
> A more stripped-down version is called SoftRouter. Both
> products allow you to multi-home the Mac, and it then
> routes Localtalk to TCP/IP and vice-versa.
>
> Nice product; we use it on a Mac to connect our entire
> office to the Internet over a measly V.90 link.
>
> -dq
Received on Wed Oct 25 2000 - 11:16:09 BST

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