I thought a Classic can only go to 7.5.5

I've had mixed results with the Asante LocalTalk/Ethernet bridge. Seems the times it worked best were when there was also an AppleTalk router on the network (using Windows 2k server).

I am currently connecting my Classic to a Performa 6200 running LocalTalk bridge using a printer cable. I then have a MacIP gateway running on a NetBSD server.