Any of these routers will pass AT among the wired LAN connections. Probably none will pass it to the WAN but it doesn't matter. What is problematic is whether or not the wireless connection will pass AT. Most don't seem to. A few do. Airport of course does. I've got two wireless routers that both claim to support AT. One almost does but not quite. The other doesn't, I suspect when they claim to support AT the mean over the wired connections.
Mine claims to not support AT. perhaps that explains this behavior:
See my previous post for my network. Basically: wireless router, PB G4 is wireless, PB G3 is wired. Both running 10.2.6, go to the Chooser in Classic, click AppleShare.
on the wireless G4: no file servers listed. But if I use "Server IP Address ..." I can get the G3.
on the wired G3: my G4 is listed, to which I can connect.
What does this say about AT in my setup? Anything?
It says you aren't getting AT through your wireless. That is pretty much the acid test for AT connectivity.
Wireless routers amount to a router, wireless access point and a switch (which connects the other two to the wired connections. As switches don't distinguish between different types of packets they carry AT along with IP. It's the access point part that blocks AT.
thank you thank you, I hope I remember this stuff in a week, I am starting to understand.
Well connecting OS X to an AppleTalk connected PostScript laserprinter is pretty easy regardless of the network media the printer is using. By the time it gets to the OS X computer it's coming in as EtherTalk (AppleTalk over Ethernet). That's because laserprinters are directly supported in OS X. But LocalTalk based printers don't seem to be as they are considered a dated machine so there is no driver support for them. I have this problem with my HP DeskJet. Epson SC980s with built in Ethernet are supported though.
I use gimp-print drivers, they support MANY machines
Seems like it, I just haven't gotten it to work (on a wired connection which does see the AT printer).
One thing to add, I'm not really worried overly much about the lack of AT access through the wireless router. Apple has made it pretty clear that AT is on the way out. Any new printer I get will be accessed by IP. Most of my network traffic can go IP or AT. So I'm just concentrating on the IP now.
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