I use a Sonic TCP/IP SuperBridge that connects LocalTalk devices to your
Ethernet. It is only used for printers now but used to be the way that
several MacSE and other boxes could connect.

Again this may be a hard part to find since it is a dinosaur.


Paul/.

on 4/22/04 15:34, Phil Beesley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled:

> 
> On 22 Apr 2004, at 20:30, Michael Hackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>>> At 8:55 AM -0700 4/21/04, Timothy Virkkala wrote:
>>>> LocalTalk Bridge doesn't allow TCP/IP? Hmmm.
>>> 
>>> LTB will pass MacIP packets (IP inside AppleTalk packets) but it
>>> won't convert them to IP over Ethernet.  For that you need a router
>>> or something.
>> 
>> IPNetRouter, by Sustainable Softworks will do this -- I used that for a
>> while. It doesn't route the LocalTalk packets, though. (I also ran
>> LocalTalk Bridge on the same machine to get both.)
> 
> IPNetRouter is pretty nifty and works well in conjunction with LTB. An
> alternative product is/was available from VicomSoft.
> 
>> I believe there are at least a couple of hardware LocalTalk-to-Ethernet
>> routers that handle TCP/IP. (Cayman Gator Box might be one -- can any
>> confirm?) They were a lot more expensive than the Asante-type units,
>> but
>> they are probably fairly cheap used (though hard to find).


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