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From: kre@cs.mu.oz.au (Robert Elz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Gatorbox vs. Fastpath
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Date: 14 Jun 90 17:01:46 GMT
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In article <9006141345.AA05983@noc.net.yale.edu>,
swatt@NOC.NET.YALE.EDU (Alan S. Watt) writes:
| 
| If you have responses, please E-mail directly to me.

(doing that as well as this generic message).

| Using this
| feature it is possible to set up two GatorBoxen to act as IP routers
| between two ethernets, across a localtalk/PhoneNet link.
| ...
| Question: is anyone aware of software for the FastPath or other device
| 	  which provides this capability?
| 

Webster's Multigates do that as well.  They have 4 ports, so one box
would connect to 4 of your phone lines.  They support sub-sub-netting
which will result in less address space wastage on the (effectively)
point to point links (if you're hanging multiple gateways on the one
localtalk (phonenet) wire performance isn't going to be wonderful).

kre

disclaimer: I wrote the code for the multigate, so you might not
want to believe a thing I say...