Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!alsys1!naftoli
From: naftoli@alsys1.aecom.yu.edu (Robert N. Berlinger)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: A LaserWriter LocalTalk Zone
Message-ID: <306@alsys1.aecom.yu.edu>
Date: 7 Oct 90 17:48:00 GMT
References: <5868559@AppleLink.Apple.COM>
Organization: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
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In article <5868559@AppleLink.Apple.COM> CLAUSS1@applelink.apple.com (Clauss, Chris) writes:
>    If I put all my Macintoshes directly onto Ethernet (EtherTalk NB Cards) and
>put ONLY LaserWriters onto LocalTalk (or PhoneNet) and then I tie the EtherTalk
>and LocalTalk networks together with a Shiva FastPath, will my Macs be able to
>print to the LaserWriters?
>...phoned Shiva tech support they said that this is a "known problem".
> 
>    Is this stuff for real?  Have any of you run into this problem before?  Is
>this also a problem for Cayman Boxes, EtherGates, MaxWays, MultiGates, etc, as
>well or is this just a FastPath bug?

I have been agonizing over this behavior for months and wasn't able to track it
down even with Novell's help.  I even posted here.  Now I guess Shiva figured
it out.

The problem only occurs with the FastPaths that I have -- not the GatorBoxen.
I'm surprised the Shiva folks don't seem to consider this a bug, but instead
recommended you put a Mac on the LocalTalk side?

Do yourself a favor, if it's just printing that you need, buy yourself a few
Dayna EtherPrint boxes.  They work fine with both Phase I and Phase II
EtherTalk, are *much* simpler to configure (although they don't have as much
flexibility), and might be cheaper depending on how many printers you have
etc.