Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mimsy!cvl!umd5!zben From: zben@umd5 (Ben Cranston) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Mac Appletalk to ethernet bridge Message-ID: <1395@umd5> Date: Fri, 19-Dec-86 20:55:40 EST Article-I.D.: umd5.1395 Posted: Fri Dec 19 20:55:40 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Dec-86 03:09:36 EST References: <4175@jhunix.UUCP> Reply-To: zben@umd5.umd.edu (Ben Cranston) Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 20 Summary: We're using Kinetics In article <4175@jhunix.UUCP> ecf_ujaj@jhunix.UUCP (Jim Jones) writes: > ... The department that has Macs wants > to be able to connect there Appletalk-networked Macs to the ethernet > in order to gain access to the mainframes on the ether. > ... we were hoping for a pre-packaged commercial solution. We're using a Kinetics FastPath Appletalk to Ethernet bridge in the IP-within-Appletalk mode. Just got it working last week. The Telnet is pretty bleak - it crashes a lot - and any attempt to do file transfer is met with an immediate crash. We think because we are using HFS and the programs we have "know too much" about MFS. New versions of the programs are imminent, so we are very hopeful for the future. I believe this is a "pre-packaged commercial solution" version of the original SEAGATE code done at Stanford. -- umd5.UUCP <= {seismo!mimsy,ihnp4!rlgvax}!cvl!umd5!zben Ben Cranston zben @ umd2.UMD.EDU Kingdom of Merryland UniSys 1100/92 umd2.BITNET "via HASP with RSCS"