See comments below, interspersed in a message porter sent earlier... my text is hopefully in italics.
The best bet is to....
Make sure you are using proper LocalTalk cabling to the AsanteTalk box, not just a serial/printer cable.
I have only one mini-DIN8 cable. I hope it is the correct type. It was given to me along with the PowerBook, and had been used to connect the PowerBook to a LaserWriter printer in the past. I could check continuity of the cable with an ohmmeter, but I suspect it is OK. Note I do not have "terminating resistors" on either the PowerBook end or the AsanteTalk end of this cable, in case that likely matters.
Switch off the AsanteTalk box.
Done
Start the linux box with netatalk.
Done
Start the mac with LocalTalk/AppleTalk enabled on the printerport
Here's where I may need help confirming I have this step done correctly. When I power on the PowerBook, and then click Control Panels | Network, I see only one item, an icon labeled "LocalTalk Built-In". Clicking on this icon does nothing. When I open Chooser, and then click on "AppleShare", on the right hand side of the window I see: "Select a file server:" above a blank rectangle, above an OK button, above a pair of radiobuttons... "AppleTalk" is "Active".
Then once the machine has started up, powerup the AsanteTalk box.
When the AsanteTalk device is powered up, the PWR and Li (link) LEDs immediately turn green, and the TX and RX LEDs begin flashing irregularly, as if the AsanteTalk is communicating with something.
Try nbplkup from the linux box.
nbplkup returns exactly the same response as it did before I powered on the AsanteTalk device:
dave@quad:/$ nbplkup
quad:AFPServer 65280.108:128
quad:netatalk 65280.108:4
quad:Workstation 65280.108:4
dave@quad:/$
Go the the control panel and select AppleTalk or Network depending on if you are OpenTransport or classic and see if that says anything different.
Clicking on Control Panels | Network produces the same result as it did before I turned on the AsanteTalk device. I do not see an icon in Control Panels called "AppleTalk".
I've had varying success with the AsanteTalk box, it seems to work best when there is an appletalk router already on the network.
Sadly, I do not have such a thing, unless that's what my Linux box is providing.
If you already have a Mac with ethernet, the control panel "LocalTalk Bridge" seems to work better than the AsanteTalk box.
I do not have any other Macintosh computers, either with or without ethernet. I also do not have any LocalTalk printers.
The best bet is to....
Make sure you are using proper LocalTalk cabling to the AsanteTalk box, not just a serial/printer cable.
I have only one mini-DIN8 cable. I hope it is the correct type. It was given to me along with the PowerBook, and had been used to connect the PowerBook to a LaserWriter printer in the past. I could check continuity of the cable with an ohmmeter, but I suspect it is OK. Note I do not have "terminating resistors" on either the PowerBook end or the AsanteTalk end of this cable, in case that likely matters.
Switch off the AsanteTalk box.
Done
Start the linux box with netatalk.
Done
Start the mac with LocalTalk/AppleTalk enabled on the printerport
Here's where I may need help confirming I have this step done correctly. When I power on the PowerBook, and then click Control Panels | Network, I see only one item, an icon labeled "LocalTalk Built-In". Clicking on this icon does nothing. When I open Chooser, and then click on "AppleShare", on the right hand side of the window I see: "Select a file server:" above a blank rectangle, above an OK button, above a pair of radiobuttons... "AppleTalk" is "Active".
Then once the machine has started up, powerup the AsanteTalk box.
When the AsanteTalk device is powered up, the PWR and Li (link) LEDs immediately turn green, and the TX and RX LEDs begin flashing irregularly, as if the AsanteTalk is communicating with something.
Try nbplkup from the linux box.
nbplkup returns exactly the same response as it did before I powered on the AsanteTalk device:
dave@quad:/$ nbplkup
quad:AFPServer 65280.108:128
quad:netatalk 65280.108:4
quad:Workstation 65280.108:4
dave@quad:/$
Go the the control panel and select AppleTalk or Network depending on if you are OpenTransport or classic and see if that says anything different.
Clicking on Control Panels | Network produces the same result as it did before I turned on the AsanteTalk device. I do not see an icon in Control Panels called "AppleTalk".
I've had varying success with the AsanteTalk box, it seems to work best when there is an appletalk router already on the network.
Sadly, I do not have such a thing, unless that's what my Linux box is providing.
If you already have a Mac with ethernet, the control panel "LocalTalk Bridge" seems to work better than the AsanteTalk box.
I do not have any other Macintosh computers, either with or without ethernet. I also do not have any LocalTalk printers.