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Hiding LaserWriters with Gatorbox.

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From: Pascal Gosselin
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:02
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Situation: Large LAN with EtherTalk, TCP/IP and LocalTalk. HP router used
to route everything (including 56/112Kbps WAN).  A gatorbox exists somewhere
in there to provide MacTCP over ARA services.

Problem: A need to hide LaserWriters from users who are not in the same
ZONE as the printer.

My proposed solution: Generate a bunch of zones with the Gatorbox, put the
LaserWriters (such as the IIg that are on EtherTalk) in the newly created\zones (thanks to that nifty postscript code).  Put the users (they are all on
EtherTalk) into a zone that matches the printers that they have access to.

Then, rename the printers to start with a "tidle" so that they are visible
from other zones. 

Question: Is this possible? Will it work?  What are the limitations, especially
with regards to multiple routers, network numbers and zone names in this
type of setup ???

Thanks!

-Pascal
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Subject: Hiding LaserWriters with Gatorbox.
Keywords: gatorbox laserwriter ethertalk
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Date: 17 Dec 92 19:02:14 GMT
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