Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.lans:6622 comp.sys.mac.comm:1709 Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!claris!ClarisII!clay From: clay@ClarisII.claris.com (Clay A. Maeckel) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: EtherTalk network & AppleTalk LaserWriter Message-ID: Date: 29 Nov 90 04:43:17 GMT References: <1990Nov27.190351.5666@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@claris.com Followup-To: comp.dcom.lans Lines: 28 klefstad@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Sue Klefstad) writes: >I understand we could use Farallon's Liaison routing software to >get around this. But I'd rather not buy that for each Mac with a >printer. And I don't want to be required to connect every LaserWriter >to the 3Com server. Sue, you wouldn't have to buy a copy of Liasion for each Mac. You could buy just one and then make sure all the LaserWriters are connected to the same LocalTalk cable that the Mac running Liasion is on. Something else that might work (I can't try it here because we upgraded from 3+Share to 3+Open) is to boot the Mac while the EtherTalk icon is selected then once the Mac is running switch it back to LocalTalk. You should still be able to access the 3+Share server, which is using the XNS protocols on the ethernet, and the LaserWriters, which are using the AppleTalk protocols on the LocalTalk cable. I thought I remember reading about a patch sometime ago that made the 3+File Chooser item believe that EtherTalk was selected so it would use the ethernet card while LocalTalk was selected in the Network Control Panel. I dig around and see if I can find it. --Clay -- Clay Maeckel * UUCP: {ames,apple,portal,sun,voder}!claris!clay (I know nothing!) * Internet: clay@claris.com * GEnie: C.MAECKEL Claris Corporation * AppleLink: Maeckel1 * CompuServe: 73057,255