Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!snorkelwacker!mintaka!spdcc!dyer From: dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Cayman GatorBox questions Message-ID: <4534@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> Date: 19 Oct 90 04:11:42 GMT References: Reply-To: dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA Lines: 28 In article lefty@TWG.COM writes: >I think the basic problem that you're having with the GatorBox is that it >needs to be configured from the _LocalTalk_ side before you can access it >from the Ethernet side. (We had this problem trying to configure Cayman's >GatorBox at the ONC/NFS staging for Interop '90.) I did that. From GatorKeeper's viewpoint, the box is still unreachable from any zone other than LocalTalk, but it still works (i.e. provides AppleTalk routing and NFS AFP xlation) even after I disconnect the LocalTalk cable. Weird. I can't quite figure that out, but I haven't called Cayman tech support yet, so I can't complain much. (I'll do that once I move the unit from my home where I've been testing it to its final destination.) >To provide NFS connectivity on a EtherTalk only Appletalk network, you need >an NFS client on the Macintosh. Wollongong sells such a client, Intercon >has announced its intention to ship one as well. This is more than a bit of a misrepresentation, since the GatorBox works fine on EtherTalk only nets once you've set it up initially over LocalTalk. And since every Mac has an Appletalk connector, there is no problem in setting the unit up once in this fashion. I'm still eager to try and compare the TWG and Intercon native NFS implementations, however. -- Steve Dyer dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu