Need help connecting PowerBook 230 to a LAN and to the Web — #30

Post #30 by porter

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Networking
Post Date	Wed, 28 Jan 2009 - 19:16
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/need-help-connecting-powerbook-230-to-a-lan-and-to-the-web.16317/

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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.

It does have to be a pair of LocalTalk connector boxes with localtalk cabling between them, and ideally terminators on each end. A serial cable alas does not work. The little boxes contain an isolating transformer and turn the cabling into a bus.

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.

Try changing your atalk.conf to say something like

Code:

eth0  -phase 2 -seed -net 20000-30000 -addr 20000.10

Although I have had problems trying to seed a net when you only have one network card. You might have to throw another network card into the linux box to fool netatalk into seeding the networks.

Code:

man atalkd

http://linux.die.net/man/5/atalkd.conf