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Post #12 by equant
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryNetworking
Post DateFri, 8 Aug 2008 - 01:27
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/an-idea-tcp-ip-to-serial-bridge-modem-emulator.14384/
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f you want to be able to connect to the internet independent of other computers (in your home). Which is kinda hard if your using DSL or cable services.
Ok, I see, but I'm unsympathetic. ;)

I'll buy that PDS ethernet cards, Scsi/ethernet adapters and the appletalk/ethernet adapters are hard to find, so we need another solution, but how realistic is it to need to hook up an old-mac to a router in a house with no other computers?

Surely you can find an old laptop cheap with serial and ethernet; throw bsd/linux on it; hide it behind your desk; and call it an "old-mac-ethernet-adapter".

Shoot, even better, just go get some OpenWRT/FreeWRT compatible router for $50 or maybe less put pppd on it and it'll serve ppp to your mac *and* be a router for the other computers that I guess you don't have. :p

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