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From: steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield)
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Subject: Re: Connecting Fastpath to Enternet: HOW TO????
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Date: 31 Oct 90 17:20:08 GMT
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In article <1990Oct30.054816.2587@supernet.haus.com> cluther@supernet.haus.com (Clay Luther) writes:
#>
#>I am trying to install a Kinetics Fastpath gateway into a previously
#>existing ethernet.  Here is a simple diagram of what the inet look like.
#>
#>
#>                           Mac SE
#>                              |
#>--+------ Ether --------------+------------------ + --------
#>  |                                               |
#>  |                                            Fastpath
#>  |                                               |
#>Mac II=------=LaserWriter=----- LocalTalk --------+
#>
#>Or in text, both the Mac SE and Mac II are on ethernet.  The Laserwriter and
#>the Mac II are on LocalTalk, as well.  The Fastpath gateway is connected to
#>ethernet and localtalk.
#>
#>How can I access the Laserwriter from the Mac SE (or any other machine only on
#>the ethernet)?  Currently, the Mac II only sees the Laserwriter when the 
#>LocalTalk zone is choosen.  The Mac SE doesn't see the laserwriter at all.
#>
#>I thought this was something the Fastpath could do.  Was I mistaken? 
#>
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You'll do better solving your problem by getting some technical
help, but you do have a problem. I have a PhoneNet LocalTalk
network of five Macs connected by a FastPath to our campus
Ethernet network. From my Mac, I can see every laserprinter
on campus with a similar connection unless it is hidden.
(I assume that you have not hidden your printer since you would
have to take definite action to do so; renaming your printer
to a name that ends with a tilde and clicking a box on your
FastPath's configuration file that turns on the hidden-printer
feature. Once the printer is hidden, it cannot be seen across
the FastPath.)

Note: when I say that I can see these printers, I mean that I
can select them in my Chooser and print to them. I've done it
by printing to a printer in another building.

So, it can be done. But since there a number of things
that could be set up incorrectly, you need to get someone
who knows what s/he is doing to check out your installation.
(Yesterday, I helped some experienced programmers set up
such a connection. They tried to plug in through the
modem port instead of the printer port. It was easier to
go over and look at what they had done than to run through
a long checklist of possible problems.)

Steve Goldfield