A much cheaper solution that doesn't use any expensive or illegally obtained software like Apple Internet Router would be to use the free LocalTalk Bridge which was built and provided for this very reason:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60290
You'll still need System 7.1 or higher and a Mac with serial ports and ethernet ports. The 7300 should suffice.
I wouldn't call LocalTalk Bridge low-end, but I would call Apple Internet Router overkill. All you need to do is route packets between LocalTalk and EtherTalk. Apple Internet Router does more than that (including allows you to set up AppleTalk zones) but virtually none of it will be of value to you on an OS X network.
AppleShare IP 5 and 6 both run on the 7300, BTW. If you had a copy of either (I picked one up for $25 recently, so it is available cheaply), you can set up the 7300 as a print server and a spooler allowing you to use ANY printer (serial or otherwise) on a network with PCs, Macs, and *Nix boxes. Again, this is probably overkill, but ASIP is a pretty neat piece of software (it even has a mail server!).
Peace,
Drew
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60290
You'll still need System 7.1 or higher and a Mac with serial ports and ethernet ports. The 7300 should suffice.
I wouldn't call LocalTalk Bridge low-end, but I would call Apple Internet Router overkill. All you need to do is route packets between LocalTalk and EtherTalk. Apple Internet Router does more than that (including allows you to set up AppleTalk zones) but virtually none of it will be of value to you on an OS X network.
AppleShare IP 5 and 6 both run on the 7300, BTW. If you had a copy of either (I picked one up for $25 recently, so it is available cheaply), you can set up the 7300 as a print server and a spooler allowing you to use ANY printer (serial or otherwise) on a network with PCs, Macs, and *Nix boxes. Again, this is probably overkill, but ASIP is a pretty neat piece of software (it even has a mail server!).
Peace,
Drew