Jay wrote:
>I would assume that the person who mentioned "AppleTalk IP" was referring
>to one of two things:
>
>1. AppleShare IP, which means running File Sharing over the IP protocol
>rather than AppleTalk.
Actually, it was Tim Seufert, and he did say AppleShare IP, I just
misquoted him from memory.
. . .
>2.) Individual Macs can't break out the IP packets themselves
>(though they can create them)... a specific application is necessary, and
>there's only two or three applications out there that I know of that can
>still do this... Vicomsoft Gateways, AppleShare IP Server and
>IPNetRouter. Needless to say, don't waste your time.
I am using IPNetRouter right now, to share a cable modem. I assume it
isn't affecting the speed of my file sharing operations over ethernet,
however, and is only
>
>Since IRTalk is limited to AppleTalk (and cannot do
>IP), the only way to get IP through one of these devices is via MacIP.
>I've always used Vicomsoft Internet Gateway to share my internet
>connection with multiple Macs... I also had an AirDock that I'd leave on
>my Den table so when I came home, I could just point my laptop and
>browse. This HAD to be done via MacIP. The AirDock was then plugged into
>a Mac SE/30 (w/Ethernet) which was running LocalTalk bridge, which would
>pass the 2400 network signals down to the ethernet port, to the hub, to
>my 8600 which was running Vicomsoft, which would finally break out the IP
>packets from the AppleTalk and send them out through the ISDN line and
>the process would then reverse. And it DID saturate the ISDN line
>(14k/sec).
Blair Fisher ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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