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From: bschmidt@bnr.ca (Ben Schmidt)
Subject: Re: AppleTalk to Internet bridge?
Message-ID: <1990Nov14.003148.16200@bwdls61.bnr.ca>
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Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 90 00:31:48 GMT
References:<2647@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <1990Nov13.181145.10223@midway.uchicago.edu>

In article <1990Nov13.181145.10223@midway.uchicago.edu> 
francis@arthur.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) writes:
> Is there any software out there that will allow a Mac with
> Internet access (running MacTCP) to act as a bridge for other
> Macs linked to it by AppleTalk? Ideally, the other Macs would
> interface just as if MacTCP were installed.
> 
Hmm... I assume you don't want this Mac with Internet access to be just an 
AppleTalk router ('cause then you could just use Apple's Internet Router 
s/w or Farallon (was InfoSphere) Liaison s/w.  

If what you want is the functionality that Apple terms a DDP/IP gateway, 
then you might consider NRC's MultiGate Mac s/w.  This s/w is advertised to 
provide DDP/IP gateway functions, in addition to the AppleTalk routing 
capabilities of the aforementioned Internet Router s/w or Liaison.  Hence what you are supposed to end up with is something more akin to a FastPath or a 
GatorBox, only its done in software on a Mac (and yes it's probably slower 
and a terrible waste of a good Mac... Frank and Brad  :^)   )

I have no experience with this s/w, but Network Resources Corporation's Number is 408-263-8100.  PS. Tell them to get an internet address if they want to be 
considered a real networking company.  :^)

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