>The USB to serial adapters are just that. Serial only. They don't >pass appletalk packets and never will.
Ok, just to pick nits, it's not the serial-USB adapter that doesn't pass AppleTalk packets, it's that the packets never get to the adapter! The adapter shouldn't care whether the data passing through it is formatted one way or another, so long as it's serial data. The software these things use emulates a serial port on USB, fooling other software into thinking that there is a real legacy serial port on the bus. Except that AppleTalk is too smart for that. The catch here, is that Apple never wrote an AppleTalk architecture for USB. AppleTalk will never recognize USB as a valid connection method, regardless of whether your adapter will pass the data or not. >I don't think that even MacIP >will work since that sorta bundles TCP/IP info into localtalk (sorta), >and for sure the localtalk won't get across, but I might be wrong about >that. AFAIK, it doesn't just sorta bundle TCP/IP into AppleTalk (whatever LocalTalk, EtherTalk, IRTalk, etc) packets, it actually DOES encapsulate IP packets into AppleTalk traffic. MacIP must run over an active AppleTalk network - MacIP is not independent of AppleTalk. Where AppleTalk doesn't go, MacIP doesn't go. (Although, AppleTalk can go places MacIP can't - like the serial ports under Mac OS 9. MacIP is unsupported over LocalTalk on Mac OS 9.x. - annoying if you are using IPNetRouter on a newer Mac to connect many older Macs; grrr, my phonenet is AppleTalk only!) Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://homepage.mac.com/alk/> Want to know if your neighbor has Wi-Fi? Find out with ClassicStumbler! <http://homepage.mac.com/alk/classicstumbler/> -- 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
