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From: rochlin@netcom.UUCP (Max Rochlin)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Modem AppleTalk access wanted
Message-ID: <2282@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 6 Sep 89 14:47:22 GMT
References: <67564@linus.UUCP>
Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 997-9175 guest}
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in article <67564@linus.UUCP>, bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort) says:
> 
> In article <8951@saturn.ucsc.edu> humtech@ucschu.ucsc.edu
> (Mark Frost) writes:  

... Remote AppleTalk Access...

I've successfully installed several Shiva net modems.  They allow a group
of users to share a modems _and_ with the supplies software call the modem
from home and become a node on the network so long as they are not using
another Shiva net modem.  AppleShare, QuickMail, printing, etc all work
slowly-but-fine.

My biggest complaint about the Shiva setup is that the originator of the 
remote AppleTalk link can't be using a Shiva modem.  We had hoped to use
the net-modems to call from on net to the other to print memos (eg pseudo
faxing), but you can't call a NetModem with a NetModem ( or a NetSerial).

This doesn't appear to be a problem for your set-up but you should be aware
of this limitation.  I understand that Shiva is working on the problem.   

...Max
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