On Saturday, June 15, 2002, at 07:01 , Phil Beesley wrote: > On Saturday, June 15, 2002, at 06:49 am, Spiritus ex Machina > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The vendor for the ISA card seemed to believe that Linux drivers for >> the >> card do exist. I'm not too concerned about any production use of this >> lash-up; it's all just experimentation for amusement. The vendor also >> showed the card with the correct PhoneNet adapter, hence the questions >> about MiniDIN 3 to RJ-11. > > A Google search with the terms "linux farallon localtalk" throws up > loads of links to information and development drivers. With a lot of > effort, you should be able to configure your Linux box as a netatalk > AppleShare server and as an ethernet to LocalTalk router for AppleTalk. > It may even be possible to configure your Linux box as a MacIP router so > that you can run the TCP/IP protocol on your LocalTalk Macs. > > However, most of us would take the easier option and use a dedicated > router such as a Kinetics FastPath or Cayman Systems Gatorbox for the > routing and MacIP functions. Such routers aren't expensive and would > reduce the load on your Linux box. The Gatorbox even has a Gatorshare > option that will allow your Macs to see an NFS share on a Linux box as > an AppleShare server, although I understand there are some issues with > recent NFS implementations and shadow passwords.
"macipgw" is a software solution to do what he wants, but it is only available for FreeBSD. At least that was the case when I looked -- there may be a Linux version of it by now. If macipgw worked on NetBSD (i.e. OS X) I wouldn't have started the PPP thread I recently started. :) Eagle -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
