LocalTalk to Ethertalk? — #8

Post #8 by massiverobot

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Networking
Post Date	Sun, 31 Aug 2014 - 04:55
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/localtalk-to-ethertalk.15/

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beachycove said:
There were updates available for the System 6 Appleshare client in the System 7 era (e.g., for accessing Appleshare 4 servers), so you might see if you do or don't have the most up to date client on the Pluses.

My experience after some years of trying to network old and new is that the most interesting and the most robust of all the bridges is the Apple Internet Router, which is rock solid and runs on an 030-040 machine. Gives life to such a machine, too.

Having said that, I am currently using one of those little white Asante boxes, as it needs to run 24/7/365. But even here, the order in which things get started matters with the thing, and I am not running netatalk.

Yeah, that may be it. Of course, when dealing with these pluses now I have to go into the land of 800k floppies.

But using the SE (which has ethernet on board via the Asante card) I have verified that my appleshare setup is ok using netatalk- that is, I can see and mount the volume. I've used a fresh install of 6.0.8 that I did myself, adding the network drives for the Asante and then copying over Appleshare from a 7.5 install (which is the latest version to use back with 6.0.8 as far as I can tell from reading sites.

I'll continue to play with this till I get it. It's a brand new from the box Asante Microprint, so I'm sure it's not an issue with that bridge.