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From: philip@hubcap.clemson.edu (Philip L Harshman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Having Localtalk and Ethernet too
Keywords: localtalk local ethernet
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.204034.27688@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 91 20:40:34 GMT
Organization: Clemson University
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We have a Mac IIci here that is tied into the campus Ethernet with an Ethertalk
card.  We are using one of the local Vax systems as a file server to provide
extra storage.  However, since you have to decide between Ethertalk and
localtalk with the "Network" control panel, this precludes us from using our
local LaserWriter.  We tried hanging it off of our Vax and getting to it
from the network.  This has its problems:  It can be unstable, the people that
know how to fix the Vax side when it breaks are not always available, and it
depends on the Vax being up before we can print from our Mac to the printer
right beside it.  We are looking for another solution.

I have heard of a product called "Liaison" that will do the trick, but another
user at our site is having great difficulty with it and doesn't recommend it.
There is a box called "EtherPrint" (or something like that) that will allow
us to hang the LaserWriter directly off of the Ethernet.  I don't know anything
about this other than what I read in a catalog.

What is the consensus of the net? Are either of these products any good?  Is
there a third, better (hopefully cheaper) alternative?  If I get any good
replies, I'll post a summary.

Thanks.

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