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From: Jim.Matthews@dartmouth.edu (Jim Matthews)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Ether Appletalk Bridge on a Mac ?
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Date: 1 Jun 90 15:20:50 GMT
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In article <1990Jun1.002008.19285@calgary.uucp>, sharp@cpsc.UCalgary.CA writes:
>      The subject says it all.  We have a Mac II with an ethernet board
> and we would like it to act as a bridge between AppleTalk and
> Ethernet.  Is this possible ?  If so, what software/hardware do we
> need ?

Apple's Internet Router will route AppleTalk packets between networks using
a variety of media (including ethernet and twisted-pair, i.e. LocalTalk).
This is a good solution if you just want to give machines on either side
of the router access to AppleTalk services (i.e. LaserWriter printing, 
AppleShare file servers, MS Mail/QuickMail/Inbox mail servers, etc.) on
the other side.

Network Resources Corp. has announced a software router for Mac IIs that
routes AppleTalk and also acts as an AppleTalk-IP gateway, so you can run
TCP/IP applications (such as Telnet, FTP, news) from Macs on LocalTalk and
support AUFS-style file servers on IP machines.  They can be reached at
408-263-8100 for more information.

--
Jim Matthews
Dartmouth Software Development