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AppleTalk and a Wireless Router, wheres the bridge man?
AppleTalk and a Wireless Router, wheres the bridge man?
Networking 3 posts
Aug 10, 2002 — Aug 11, 2002
I bought a Linksys wireless router. It works great, but it does not Bridge Appletalk between the hard wired network and the airborne one. Is there something I am doing worng? Firmware? Settings???
Or am I out of luck? I rummaged through apples web site and it does not mention anything about the Apple base station bridging appletalk? I cannot print to a network printer that is on my network because appletalk is either airborne or grounded. I cannot seem to have them both in the air and on the ground at the same time.
In Apples Base Station FAQ they state that to print to a printer you need a wireless print server. This seems silly, I have a wired print server in my printer, there must or at least sould be a way to bridge appletalk from the wireless network to the wired one.
Please help!
Thanks.
Or am I out of luck? I rummaged through apples web site and it does not mention anything about the Apple base station bridging appletalk? I cannot print to a network printer that is on my network because appletalk is either airborne or grounded. I cannot seem to have them both in the air and on the ground at the same time.
In Apples Base Station FAQ they state that to print to a printer you need a wireless print server. This seems silly, I have a wired print server in my printer, there must or at least sould be a way to bridge appletalk from the wireless network to the wired one.
Please help!
Thanks.
After much digging I have come to realize I screwed up. The Linksys router will not bridge appletalk and there are no plans for it to ever do so. There are a few options, the airport base station seems like the best one. I am taking it back know and purchasing an ABS.
In short, if you want to go wireless, dont cheap out. Get the ABS, you will be a much happier camper.
In short, if you want to go wireless, dont cheap out. Get the ABS, you will be a much happier camper.
I dont know about 'cheap out'.
Linksys makes no qualms about Mac's being
strict 2nd and 3rd class platforms.
Proper research before purchase is always
a good idea
Linksys makes no qualms about Mac's being
strict 2nd and 3rd class platforms.
Proper research before purchase is always
a good idea