At 11:56 PM -0800 11/29/2002, Kevin Stevens wrote: >On Friday, Nov 29, 2002, at 23:42 US/Pacific, Clark Martin wrote: >> Which routers support AppleTalk between the wireless and wired LAN. >> This is a must for me, just to be able to print. I don't know why >> but this should be difficult but it seems like the device should >> transfer ANY Ethernet packets. > >Not packets, frames. AppleTalk uses it's own frame type, which isn't >the same as normal Ethernet. Some devices support it, others don't. > >Also, note that you won't be *routing* between the wireless and wired >LAN segments, you're bridging. The routing is between either of those >segments and the internet segment of the router. Just FYI.
I know it's bridging, I just call it a router as that is what they are generally refered to as. They are really router/bridge/switch/accesspoint if not more things too. > >> As a general question can the wireless routers be used simply as an >> access point. That is, to connect a wired LAN to wireless computers. >> It seems some at least should be able to based on looking at some >> features. I have a software router now and want to stick with it >> unless I can find a hardware router than can do as much. > >Yep. Just ignore the internet side port/segment. I'm using a Netgear >MR814 like this right now. > >> Are there any low cost routers that not only do port mapping but also >> remap the port numbers. I think this is a big limitation of the ones >> I've seen so far. They'll map one port number to a computer on the >> LAN but what if you have two or more computers you want to make >> available. For example you can have multiple computers accessible by >> AppleShare IP or Timbuktu by mapping them to different port numbers >> (549, 550,... and 408, 409, ... respectively). > >Now I'm confused. If you want a router in between the wireless and >wired sides of the internal LAN, the cheap internet routers won't do >this. You could put the single-port Internet side on one side of the >LAN and the wireless on the other, but that seems in conflict with what >I understood you to be saying above. This is in case I use the router to connect to my broadband connection. > >However, all of the internet routers I've dealt with *can* map >different port maps to different internal IP addresses; not just one. >The limitation they usually have is that they'll only pass unfiltered >traffic to one IP address. But they don't seem to be able to map from the WAN IP address/port to a LAN IP address and a different port. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
