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From: amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Using NCSA Telnet with Apple Internet Router
Keywords: Internet Router, LocalTalk, Ethernet, TELNET
Message-ID: <1990Oct3.013848.16880@visix.com>
Date: 3 Oct 90 01:38:48 GMT
References: <1990Oct2.050129.20610@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
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In article <1990Oct2.050129.20610@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>,
sci213v@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr  p    freeman) writes:
> We have a LocalTalk network of 6 macintoshes connected using PhoneNet.  One
> of these Macs (an SE/30) has a NuvoTech SCSI/Ethernet adapter and is
> connected to our Universities ethernet backbone and then to the
> Internet.  The ethernet connected Mac is running Apple Internet
> Router as well. 
> 
> What I want to be able to do is to allow LocalTalk Macs to talk to
> the ethernet connected mainframes (Unix) and also the Internet via
> the ethernet connected Macintosh.

The Apple Internet Router only routes AppleTalk protocols.  It does
*not* route IP packets the way a GatorBox or FastPath does.  If you
want to use NCSA Telnet or other Macintosh TCP/IP software, you will
need to invest in a gateway that forwards IP packets as well as
AppleTalk.

You can, of course, try convincing Apple to upgrade the Apple Internet
Router, but if you try this, you'd better not be in a hurry...

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