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From: kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: EtherTalk network & AppleTalk LaserWriter
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Date: 30 Nov 90 19:17:59 GMT
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In article <650@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca>, sl@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne)
writes:
> How about a slightly different variation. I'd like to do the same. I.e. get
> my Macintosh's hooked into my ethernet for ftp/telnet/printing. But instead
> of via an ethernet TCP/IP connection via a PPP (or SL/IP) connection. 
> 

Does anyone remember what the name of that neat little box is?  The one that
came out during Macworld Boston that allowed you to connect the laserwrite
directly to the ethernet?  They didn't cost a whole lot either.  You might
want to try and track this down, I think that the company name was Dayna.

> We have an ethernet with several Unix boxen, Xterminals and a PC-ROUTER
> (ka9q) for an Internet connection. How hard would it be to have a Mac with
> Mac TCP connect to the router? At least initially just the basic's like
> telnet/ftp would be nice. 

We currently do SLIP (and soon PPP) with our product.  But it only works
with our builtin TCP stack.  MacTCP (help is on the way) currently is not
setup to allow SLIP to work well.  When this happens we will support SLIP/PPP
on both our builtin TCP stack, and MacTCP.

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Kurt Baumann                       InterCon Systems Corporation
703.709.9890                      Creators of fine TCP/IP products
703.709.9896 FAX               for the Macintosh.