At 10:20 AM +0100 12/17/01, charlie.root@pandora.be wrote:
>>>  >I would like to know 2 things.
>>>>
>>>>1. Is LocalTalk over the modem serial port supprorted in the current BSD
>>>>distro
>>>>
>>>>2. If it is, can I  bridge it to an ethernet or AppleTalk?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Mark Benson
>>>>
>>>>iBook Sig
>>>
>>>No, and no.
>>
>>Correct...you can do this in one of two ways...
>>
>>1) Use a MacOS computer, and run the LocalTalk Bridge control panel 
>>from Apple.
>>
>>2) Use a hardware LocalTalk/Ethernet bridge. These are made by 
>>Farallon and Asante, marketed as iPrint, AsanteTalk, (Micro) 
>>AsantePrint, EtherPrint.
>
>but how to hookup th BSDbox to the localtalk network?

You hook up the BSD box to Ethernet...the MacOS computer running 
LocalTalk Bridge, or the devices listed in (2) will put all LocalTalk 
devices also onto Ethernet.

Mike
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