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In article <JH.89Mar31083358@tikka.tut.fi> jh@tut.fi (Juha Hein{nen) writes:
>In article <1989Mar29.173959.13694@csuchico.uucp> robin@csuchico.uucp (Robin Goldstone) writes:
>
>   these packages is MAC/IP from Stanford.  The memo says "The
>   Macintosh software will operate via either a LocalTalk or Ethernet
>   connection".  I am having trouble interpreting this.  Do I put an
>   Ethernet board in my Mac and then just tap into the Ethernet cable?
>   I am already on an AppleTalk network.  Does MAC/IP use this
>   somehow?
>
>I'm also interested in this.  Doesn't Apple officially support
>Ethernet connection with TCP-IP and if so which Mac models from Mac SE
>up can be equiped with this set up?  If Apple doesn't support
>Ethernet/TCP-IP (like any serious computer manufacture should) what
>are the third party hardware options?

[note: followups directed to comp.protocols.appletalk, where these things
 usually get discussed]

Apple supports EtherNet connections with their Ethernet card for the Mac II.
There are several solutions for the SE/Plus, including Kinetics and Dove.
Apple supports EtherTalk protocol, and has recently added full support of
TCP/IP via their MacTCP package (which, to my knowledge, was announced but
hasn't shipped yet.  I'd love to be proved wrong...)

MacIP from Stanford is a collection of programs written for Unix that provide
services to Macs hooked up on the network.  These connections can be direct,
if the Macs have an EtherNet connection, or via a Kinetics FastPath which
relays to a LocalTalk network.  These services include mail (I believe) and
things like 'finger' (from Unix).

Disclaimer: I just installed KIP/CAP.  MacIP is the next step :-)...

-cbb
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