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In article <48iutt$hqn@kirin.wwa.com>, rubin@wwa.com (Michael E. Rubin) wrote:

>Hiya folks!

>Here's what we've got currently set up:
>
>via LocalTalk:
>1 Mac Plus
>1 Mac SE

These two don't look very promising. SCSI adapters tend to be expensive.
Perhaps an Asante EtherPrint Plus will do the job.

>1 Mac SE/30
>1 Mac IIsi

These two have cards available.

>1 Mac LC575

PDS or Comm Slot Ethernet card.

>1 Mac LCIII

PDS Ethernet card.

>1 LaserWriter IINTX

Asante EtherPrint

>1 "big" laser printer (don't have the name right now)

Perhaps you can purchase an Ethernet interface for it. Otherwise, the
Etherprint does.

>
>not yet included in the network (but soon to be)
>1 Power Mac 6100
>1 Performa 6116

You can buy AAUI transceivers for these.

>1 LaserWriter Select 360
Etherprint.
>
>
>What can people recommend for options as far as equipment goes?  I was 
>thinking of basically daisy chaining everything together (cheaper than 
>buying a hub) using Farallon EtherWave connectors.  However, there is the 
>problem that not all the Macs have Ethernet ports behind them.  But they 
>*do* all have SCSI ports.  Is there some way to utilize the SCSI port to 
>be able to hook them up to the Ethernet network?

Yes, but it tends to be expensive. Since you have so many devices chained
to localtalk, how about just getting a Localtalk to Ethernet router? The
router tends to be expensive, but if the low-end machines will be leaving
relatively soon, it may be cheaper (all those ethernet cards, cabling,
setup, and labor gets expensive fast)
>
>Realistically, if we had more options and resources, I'd say just forget 
>about hooking up the old Plus and SE's, but my instructor is insisting 
>that they be included.  And yet, we don't have the money to buy Ethernet 
>cards and hubs.  So that's why we're daisy-chaining.
>
>Someone told me the other day that there are Ethernet connectors now that 
>you can plug into the printer port, similar to what you did with a 
>LocalTalk networking scheme.  Is this true?

EtherWave tends to be expensive. I would just get a 16 port hub and
connect all the devices by 10BaseT.
>
>And yet, to make matters worse, one of the Macs has to be able to connect 
>to our school's already-in-place TokenRing network that has the 
>connection to the Internet.

Tokenring <-> Ethernet router?
>
>Fun, isn't it?  :)
>
>Any assistance that anyone can render would be greatly appreciated.  In 
>addition, if there are sites on the Web that have rundowns on how to go 
>about installing an Ethernet network, please let me know.  I have already 
>checked out the Web66 site, but that's pretty much just for hooking 
>schools up to the Net.
>
>Thank you in advance for anything anyone can tell me.
>
>Please reply via e-mail.
>Michael

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