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Yes, a MacII with a LocalTalk and an EtherTalk connectikon can be used
as a gateway with the proper software.  Apple has such routers
internally, someday we might even see them :-).  In the mean time
Infosphere sells a product call Liaison which will do the job for you.
It permits you to configure your Mac as a gateway between an EtherTalk
device, and your two serial lines (running LocalTalk or Async-AppleTalk).
This would permit a machine to be configured as a gateway between say:
an EtherTalk backbone, a LocalTalk branch, and have room for one
dialup connection.

Liaison seems like a pretty solid product.  The user interface is
good/very Maclike.  It works well, but the throughput seems pretty
slow.  I haven't benchmarked it yet, but it seems slower than a
Fastpasth-3.  When you buy Liaison you are only to use one copy as a
full bridge, but you can make any number copies of the the half-bridge
code whcih permits easy distrubution for dialup users.   One other
warning is that Liaison and Kinetics Boxs hate each other.  Your world
will die if you are running Kboxs and Liaison.

You could contact Infosphere Inc. for additional info:

	Infosphere Inc.
	4730 SW Macadam Ave
	Portland Or 97201
	503-226-3620

I believe Liaison is around $160.

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