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From: wnn@DSUNX1.DSRD.ORNL.GOV (W. N. Naegeli)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re:  Mac II as bridge to EtherNEt
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Date: 18 Jan 89 17:52:14 GMT
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Apple has a Router under development (in beta testing now) that will let you
use a Mac with an Ethernet board or Ethernet SCSI device as a gateway between
LocalTalk and EtherNet.  However, it does not support TCP/IP, DecNet, or NFS
routing (at least not yet and I don't now whether that is planned) like the
Kinetics FastPath or the Gatorbox. If you don't have too much traffic and it
all is in AppleTalk protocol, it should do what you need.  I don't know what
Apples marketing plans for this router software are.

Wolfgang N. Naegeli
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
wnn@dsunx1.dsrd.ornl.gov