I'm the proud new owner of one of those fun manta ray-looking Farallon EtherWave Ethernet<->LocalTalk transceivers. I Googled around, but there doesn't seem to be much info about them on the web.
Mine came with an ADB cable to power the device off the ADB bus power, but that's not always possible/practical. The adapter says it takes a power supply of 12 VDC at 0.5 A. Did Farallon actually make one of these, or did they just print the specs on the case because it's part of the certification process?
Also, mine came without software. I thought that this might be downloadable, but I'm not having any luck. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Now that Farallon has been gobbled up by Proxim, Proxim's always helpful and easy to navigate </sarcasm> website isn't giving up any clues (except for an oblique reference to a Farallon PowerBook EtherWave PC card that works under Windows ME!!!).
Would said software even work with OpenTransport? I read somewhere that it opens up the floodgates on the serial port for faster-than-LocalTalk-but-slower-than-Ethernet throughput. And supposedly it allows the use of TCP/IP (not MacIP!) over the serial port.
I haven't tried it out yet, but in "default mode" with no drivers, it should still work fine as a LocalTalk/Ethernet bridge. And that's ok by me, as that's all I'm using it for anyway.
I'd appreciate any tips!
Peace, Drew --
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