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Subject: Re: MacTCP over Async Appletalk
From: David Hornsby, djh@cs.mu.OZ.AU
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 13:57:45 GMT
In article <9232300.18677@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> David Hornsby,
djh@cs.mu.OZ.AU writes:
>Anders.Liljegren@udac.uu.se (Anders Liljegren) writes:
>>Is there anyone who had managed to this to work? How do you set it up?
>>Should I select the Async icon in the MacTCP dialog box? Is there some
>>other requirement?
>
>It works fine here, the key is to have an external gateway such as a
>FastPath, GatorBox or MultiPort Gateway that is configured to handle
>static or dynamic IP addresses on the *EtherTalk* interface. This is
>not usually the default setting since Macs with an Ethernet card are
>usually configured to use MacTCP directly via Ethernet rather than
>via EtherTalk.
>
> - David.

This appears to be a similar problem to the the MacTCP over ARA problem.
The solution, get a hardware box, is not always workable. What we need is
a software decoder that performs the translations from the AppleTalk link
prior to the MacTCP link. Supposedly, there are software "pre-routers",
the question is, do they work in these situations? 

To summarize the problem (again):

==People are using Macs that are connected via modem (ARA or Async
Appletalk) to Macs that are ==networked using ethernet cards to a system
with no "Apple aware" router.
==
==MacTCP is installed on the remote Mac as well as network software that
accesses MacTCP.
==
==The "host" machine physically on the net does not know (or can't)
handle the data passed over ==the phone line. 
==

Please, no more suggestions like: get a FastPath or GatorBox. We are
looking for a software solution.

Thanx in advance, email me direct or post software solutions here (a
large number of people seem to be interested in this).

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Harley R. Myler								hrm@engr.ucf.edu
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida 32816-0450