I used LocalTalk connectors and my house phone wiring to network four Macs for file and print sharing. I had a single telephone line that used the middle pair of the phone wiring so the outer pair was not connected to the phone network.
I used a simple phone line splitter where I needed both an phone and LocalTalk connected to a single jack. Only the LocalTalk was terminated. My network was a straight line "bus" topology. I understood that a "star" topology required different hardware like a Farallon StarRouter. I also thought that standard LocalTalk does not work for TCP/IP. My current machines all run Ethernet with RJ-45 but I still have a StarRouter to set up eventually to get the Classics connected. Dennis in Buffalo > > Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Yeah, I've done it. LocalTalk runs on a spare set of wires (not > connected to >the phone company. It connects using the outer pair in a > standard phone jack >(RJ-11). > > I thought that LocalTalk required 4-conductor wire... Curious. So it > really only requires 2 wires? I guess that explains why it doesn't > work with all those 2 wire telephone wires (inner conductors only) - > I've never seen wire with only the 2 outer conductors... > >> That will be a problem. Trying to use LocalTalk and a dial up > connection >simultaneously doesn't work well. > > Like you said, I'd be using ethernet and a broadband connection > (namely, a WiFi hot spot -- I've already got that set up, so it's not > a problem to share). > > > If you don't mind my asking, could you tell me some particulars of > what you set up w/ your home's pre-existing phone lines? I'm > concerned about the network topology. Traditional LocalTalk via > phonenet is a bus or daisy-chain network. Going to this setup would > be similar to a star or hub-based network without the hub. Will > AppleTalk be intelligent enough to figure it out? Also, are the > terminators still required? I wanted to use RJ-11 jack for both data > and phone - pass the phone line on through the PhoneNet adapter... No > room for the terminator in that scenario... > > Finally, I don't have any terminators ;-) I understand they are easy > enough to fabricate if you know what kind of resistor is required... > Can anyone help me out there? > -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
