Subject: Re: TCP/IP over Appletalk/Localtalk when running NetBSD?
To: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@stockholm.ptloma.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/10/2002 18:43:08
> NetBSD *can* support LocalTalk via any appropriate router.  These 
> routers were frequently sold as printer-bridges (most recently when 
> the iMac was introduced and lacked a LocalTalk-capable serial port). 
> Even when advertised as single-device printer-only boxes they 
> frequently actually support up to 4 computers doing AppleShare and 
> even encapsulated IP traffic.  In other words, if you find one for a 
> good price it's probably worth a try.

I can personally attest this works perfectly (note that for MacIP
DDP-encapsulated IP you need a LocalTalk bridge capable of this function).
I have a IIci running 1.5.2 connected to a Dayna EtherPrint-T Plus bridge,
which allows all the systems on the LocalTalk segment to connect to the
IIci over AppleTalk and share files as well as the EtherTalk-connected
printer. This Dayna isn't capable of MacIP routing, but I don't need those
features, and for simple AppleTalk routing it works flawlessly for both
bidirectional file sharing and printer services.

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