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From: hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Feedback on Ethernet cards & routers
Message-ID: <1990Nov13.040905.26451@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 13 Nov 90 04:09:05 GMT
Reply-To: hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen)
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I've been given the thankless task of converting our current LocalTalk
network over to EtherTalk. I'm currently shopping around for opinions
on NuBus Ethernet boards, as well as an EtherTalk to LocalTalk router.
The June 1990 MacUser seems to have a good series of articles on the
subject; however, I'd like to hear from real-world users of these
products. Specifically, I'm interested in the Cayman GatorCard EtherTalk
boards, as well as the GatorBox router. Is the GatorBox the way to go?
I had the misfortune of dealing with the original Kinetics Fastpath, 
which may have soured me on the products (though I realize the FastPath
4 is a new unit). We'll only be using the router to connect to 4 printers
on LocalTalk; the EtherTalk end of the network is Mac IIs only (no Unix
or DEC connectivity needed here, so many of the optional features of the
GatorBox and FastPath are unneccessary).

I'd appreciate receiving responses via e-mail. If there is sufficient
interest, I'll post a summary.

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