Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!amdahl!pacbell!varian!kinetics!minshall From: minshall@kinetics.UUCP (Greg Minshall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: MAC/IP Message-ID: <752@kinetics.UUCP> Date: 4 Apr 89 19:42:00 GMT References: Organization: Kinetics, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA Lines: 22 From article , by jh@tut.fi (Juha Hein{nen): > I'm also interested in this. Doesn't Apple officially support > Ethernet connection with TCP-IP and if so which Mac models from Mac SE > up can be equiped with this set up? If Apple doesn't support > Ethernet/TCP-IP (like any serious computer manufacture should) what > are the third party hardware options? Apple has announced (but, to my knowledge not shipped) support for TCP/IP. The product (MacTCP, or some such) allows developers to write TCP/IP applications. This should work over the "Apple" ethernet board, as well as Kinetics, etc. They should also work over LocalTalk if KIP or K-STAR is running "nearby" (ie: in a FastPath on the LocalTalk). I don't *believe* the Apple code will talk to FastPath's talking the old-style Kinetics code (called, for historical reasons, "IP subnetting"). Apple has not, to my knowledge, announced or shipped any "end user" products. Kinetics has announced and shipped TCP/IP for Macs (both end user products and a developer's library). It works over all the above connectivity choices. Greg Minshall 1-415-947-0998 Kinetics