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From: jkyte@macadam.mqcs.mq.oz.au (John Kyte)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Ethernet to LocalTalk via AppleShare PC
Message-ID: <449@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz>
Date: 29 Aug 90 07:08:34 GMT
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Organization: Macquarie University, School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing and Electronics
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     Information Requested - APPLESHARE PC software.
     
     We have a LocalTalk Mac network, with  server Vers 2 software (is 
     this the same as "Phase 2" ?), LaserWriters, and a WEBSTER MULTI-
     GATE to Ethernet. On Ethernet we have, amongst other things, IBM-
     PCs.  We want to provide our PCs on Ethernet with access  to  the 
     LaserWriters  on LocalTalk. We don't want to transfer the PCs  to 
     LocalTalk and use an APPLESHARE PC Card.
     
     APPLESHARE  PC  software  driving a 3Comm Etherlink  II  card  is 
     claimed to provide the required  facility.  The
     software  loads  and  seems to configure OK, but  cannot  see  or 
     access any LocalTalk facilities, nor can it see our Novell  "Net-
     ware for Macintosh" server on Ethernet. The MULTIGATE seems to be 
     doing  the  right things - from the LocalTalk side our  Macs  can 
     Telnet to Unix systems, see Netware for Mac server etc. If we put 
     a Mac II with EtherTalk NB card on the ethernet only,  everythin-
     g's fine : it can see the LocalTalk server and Laserwriters.
     
     Why  won't the AppleShare PC/3Comm Etherlink II work ?? ----  any 
     suggestions as to where we're going wrong would be greatly appre-
     ciated, as would information on alternative solutions.
     
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     John Kyte (jkyte@macadam.mqcs.mq.oz.au)   Phone +61 2 805 8948
     School of MPCE,
     Macquarie University 2109 Australia
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