On Jul 18, 3:32 pm, Bruce in alaska <f...@btpost.net> wrote: > In article > <16358fe6-2ae1-4eb4-8ed0-e6c0f3347...@z6g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, > > DJW <d...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I am using them on a local talk network with a Blue & white G-3 so I > > need the Asante talk Box to get with the older network type that the > > printer and older Macs are on. Asante says I need to terminate at both > > ends I never tried it with out them. What might I find if I try them > > and they really needed them? Data transfer errors? Might it have > > intermittent problems? Or not even work at all? Does Asante know for > > sure that I need them or just want a user to use them so they don't > > get a ton or tech questions? > > I use both Shiva FastPathV's and Farallon StarRouters to bridge my > LocalTalk Segments to my local LAN. These are full blown Bidirectional > LocalTalk Routers, that also support MacIP tunneled in AppleTalk, and > are really nice devices if you need full BiDirection LocalTalk support. > The Asanate Boxes are really only partial Bridges and were really only > designed to pass Postscript, and Localtalk Printing packets when Ethernet > was taking over the networking hardware from LocalTalk. I started out > using LocalTalk, way back in the 512KE days, with a 3000 ft Segment that > connected two seperate Localtalk Zones. With the upgrade to Ethernet > for the two distant Zones, but no real technology, other than LocalTalk, > to connect the two areas into a common LAN, I got the FastPathv's to > do the Routing, and provide the connection via, the 3000 Ft LocalTalk > Segment. Then Tut Systems came out with the XL-4000 DSL Bridge/Router > Series of Boxes that would pass 10Mbs on a pair of unconditioned Phone > wires, the same as I had with the LocalTalk Segment, and installed a > Pair in place of the FastPathV's which brought 10BaseT speeds to the > entire LAN. The FastPaths were then reconfigured to provide legacy > connections to the MacSE's Localtalk Segments from the Ethernet > Segments on both ends of the Tut Systems link. I then acquired two > Farallon StarRouters to replace the Star Controllers that did the > LocalTalk Hub switching as part of the Legacy LocalTalk Segments, > as the StarRouter could do both the Star Controllers job as well > as the FastPathV's job, in a sing;e box. I keep one FastPathV running > to provide for a legacy Apple PostScript Laser Printer. Most of the > MacSE's are now retired, but there are still a couple that provide > support for legacy Software that will only run on MacOS 7.5.5, and I > keep a 8600/300, upgraded to a G4/800 and Mac OS8.6, to do the post > processing of that Data. I also keep a couple of Dual Boot MDD's > with MacOS9.2.2/OSX 10.4.11 should I need to get into the Legacy > software from those Olden Days. > > -- > Bruce in alaska > add <path> after <fast> to reply
Well the true use I need is to hook up the apple personal Laser 320 and a HP 4M printers to the blue and white G3. I think just burning a CD_RW or Zip cartage is a must faster way to move data between the macs (OS 8.6 and 10.3). I just networked the macs because I could but the network is really only for the printers to be able to be used with all the macs.
