From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 31 19:46:54 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA14006 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 19:46:54 -0800 Received: from apollo.COSC.GOV (root@apollo.COSC.GOV [198.94.103.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA13995 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 19:46:50 -0800 Received: (from vince@localhost) by apollo.COSC.GOV (8.6.12/8.6.9) id TAA05744; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 19:43:39 -0800 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 19:43:39 -0800 (PST) From: -Vince- To: Michael Smith cc: girgen@e.kth.se, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: AppleTalk for FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: <199511010343.OAA05498@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, Michael Smith wrote: > -Vince- stands accused of saying: > > > > Speaking about AppleTalk, how does one interface physically a > > AppleTalk network to Ethernet? > > Appletalk is a protocol. Ethernet covers protocols and hardware. > > Appletalk runs on a variety of media, including Localtalk (Phonenet) > and ethernet (Ethertalk). > > If you're running Ethertalk, you just plug the two together. If you're > running Localtalk, you use a bridge (Gatorbox, Multigate etc) I know what you mean, we had ethernet cards on the macs and they just plugged directly into the router (cisco 2501) while the localtalk mac's needed a Gatorbox to the router but is there a way to plug a localtalk to a ethernet hub without using a Gatorbox? Cheers, -Vince- vince@COSC.GOV - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UC Berkeley AstroPhysics - Electrical Engineering (Honorary B.S.) Chabot Observatory & Science Center - Board of Advisors Running FreeBSD - Real UN*X for Free! Linda Wong/Vivian Chow/Hacken Lee/Danny Chan Fan Club Mailiing Lists Admin