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Brett L Sivies (sivbl@win4.vut.EDU.AU) wrote:
: Now the problem is this.  He now has an ethernet card in his mac
: server, which he wants to have connected to the ethernet to receive
: mail and take advantage of other equipment on the network.  BUT. he
: cannot once he has changed the network software use the laser printers
: in his office area, or use the mac server from his laptop because the
: appletalk is touted through the ethernet card.
: 
: Is there ANY software that will allow both ethernet and local talk to
: be send from the same mac??  I remember an apple sales person
: mentioning something about using a macintosh as a gateway server from
: local talk to ethertalk, but I cannot remember who said it or if it
: could be done...

Yes.. There are at least two solutions..

If you're only accessing TCP/IP machines via the Ethernet, you can set MacTCP
to use the ethernet interface independent of the Appletalk connection, and
hence, talk appletalk out the LocAltalk port, and TCP/IP out the Ethernet card.

If you need to access Appletalk services through both cards, you can get hold
of Apple's Internet Router.  This allows you to have multiple active Appletalk
connections from your mac (eg: Ethernet and two Localtalk (using both serial
ports)).  The downside is that your machine would also become a router between
the two networks which could slow your machine down a lot if others on the 
Ethernet decide to print to localtalk printers via your machine :)

I wonder if there's a way of using AIR's net interface without running the
Router software - perhaps there is, I haven't ever researched this..

Ken
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