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From: conrad@popvax.uucp (M20400@c.nobili)
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Subject: Re: Opinions on Liaison
Summary: I love it.  Get it.
Keywords: Farallon PhoneNET Liaison
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Date: 13 May 91 02:54:17 GMT
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In article <1991May12.232358.25317@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au> ccgavin@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Gavin Stone-Tolcher) writes:
>I would like any opinions from people using the "Farralon Liaison" product to 
>provide a dial-in appletalk service. Any problems experienced and whether
>applications running on the remote machine work with MacTCP would be nice.

I have posted explanations of Liaison several times before.  I really love it.
It is the single most flexible piece of network software I have seen.  I think
that every network administrator or user should have copies around.

Personally I use it mostly for its dialup network bridging features.  Right now
I am dialed in to a Liaison router on my SE/30 at work and have five terminal
sessions open through it (4 NCSA telnet, 1 tn3270), and a HyperFTP session.  I
also have a LocalTalk-based AppleShare file server volume mounted and have been
printing things out on a LocalTalk LaserWriter IINT at work.  I cannot imagine
a more flexible (remember -- it is a _network_ connection) means of connecting
myself to the world from home.  Of course, none if these connections is really
quick.  But they are probably as fast or faster than those that many of the
people reading this now are using.  I don't know what the speed is -- I haven't
used a slow modem for a while -- I can't remember whether this is like 1200 bps
or 2400 bps....  Basically, don't try this with out a pair of *wicked-fast* mo-
dems.  I will let you know how it goes with the new V.32bis modems soon =8-) .
Oh, yeah, of course I only use MacTCP versions of things, so no problem there.

Check out the reviews and the literature carefully.  Really cool product.  Buy.

>-- 
>Internet: ccgavin@cc.uq.oz.au                         Phone: +61 7 377 3942 
>  Postal: Gavin Stone-Tolcher, Network Operations, Prentice Computer Centre
>          The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD Australia 4067. 

I'm just a happy customer....

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