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From: talley@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (James T. Talley)
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Subject: Re: AUX 2.0 Limitations and Workarounds??:
Summary: Using TCP/IP over LocalTalk
Keywords: TCP/IP LocalTalk Fastpath
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Date: 28 Aug 90 13:13:39 GMT
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In message <3121@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> Ira Rampil writes:
>Why can't AUX handle TCP/IP via LocalTalk to our gateways????
>BTW NCSA Telnet does work under AUX Multifinder but wont cut it
>for all we want to do, ie bidirectional ftp to the Mac hosts, and
>rlogins to the Macs from the net, as well as Mail and News.  Does
>any know of a PD or third party solution to this capricious
>limitation???

This may be a naive question, but as someone about to purchase an
A/UX system I'd like to know if this is the case in general.  Is
A/UX able to speak TCP/IP through its LocalTalk connection?  I'd
planned on hooking it up to our installed LocalTalk net and I'd
like to know beforehand if that means I'll have to get a Fastpath
or Gatorbox to use TCP/IP software.  We have only Macs and no
outside world connection right now.  I'd like to save the money
if I could, but, if I can't even Telnet without it, it's pretty
useless.

Do I need an Ethernet card and/or a FastPath?

I'd planned on using MacTCP on the other Macs on the net, if that
makes a difference.

James Talley