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Article #5361Re: Mac II as bridge to EtherNEt
From: Richard Silverman
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1989 14:02
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1989 14:02
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>> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 89 15:42 EDT From:
>> PJORGENS%COLGATEU.BITNET@vma.cc.cmu.EDU Subject: Mac II as bridge to
>> EtherNEt To: INFO-APPLETALK@andrew.cmu.EDU Message-Id:
>> <Added.UXowJYy00Ui3MPD08Y@andrew.cmu.edu>
>> Sorry if this question has been asked repeatedly, or is too
>> obvious, but: Can a Mac II with an EtherNet card such as EtherPort II
>> or EtherTalk etc. serve as a bridge for the rest of a local-talk
>> network, or must I use a FastPath or similar box?
I can see no reason why you couldn't do that; I just don't know of
anyone who has actually written the code. However, I don't see that it would
save you money; even the most expensive FastPath is around $2700; the Mac
II alone is more than that, without the Ethernet card. And once you set it
up as a gateway, it'll be useless for anything else. Or is there something
about the situation I'm not seeing?
Richard Silverman
arpa: rsilverman@eagle.wesleyan.edu Wesleyan University
bitnet: rsilverman@wesleyan.bitnet Middletown, CT
CIS: [72727,453] 06457
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