LocalTalk-to-Ethernet bridge
A LocalTalk-to-Ethernet Bridge is a network bridge that joins the physical layer of the AppleTalk networking used by previous generations of Apple Computer products to an Ethernet network. This was an important class of products in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before Ethernet support became universal on the Mac lineup.
Some LocalTalk-to-Ethernet Bridges only performed Appletalk bridging. Others were also able to bridge other protocols using ad-hoc standards. One example was the MacIP system that allowed LocalTalk-based Macs to send and receive TCP/IP (internet) packets using the bridges as a go-between.
Examples
Hardware devices:
- Asante: AsanteTalk
- Cayman Systems: GatorBox
- Compatible Systems: Ether Route/TCP, Ether Route II,[1] RISC Router 3000E[2]
- Dayna Communications: EtherPrint, EtherPrint Plus, EtherPrint-T, EtherPrint-T Plus
- Farallon: EtherPrint, EtherWave LocalTalk Adapter, InterRoute/5, StarRouter, EtherMac iPrint Adapter LT
- FOCUS Enhancements EtherLAN PRINT
- Hayes Inter-bridge
- Kinetics: FastPath - in later years, available from Shiva Networks
- Sonic Systems: microPrint, microBridge TCP/IP
- Transware: EtherWay
- Tribe Computer Works: TribeStar
- Webster Computer Corporation: MultiGate, MultiPort Gateway, MultiPort/LT[3]
Software in MacTCP era (<1995):
- Apple IP Gateway from Apple Computer[4]
- SuperBridge/TCP from Sonic Systems
Software in Open Transport era (>1995):
- Internet Gateway from Vicomsoft
- IPNetRouter from Sustainable Softworks
- LocalTalk Bridge from Apple Computer
Other Software
- macipgw
- Netatalk
References
- ^ Ether Route II User Manual. Compatible Systems. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ RISC Router 3000E Installation Guide (PDF). Compatible Systems. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Webster Multiport/Lt Product Guide" (PDF). Vintage Technology Digital Archive. Webster Computer Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ Apple IP Gateway press release Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Oxford University resource regarding DDP-IP Gateways
- LocalTalk Bridge v2.1 download (CNET)
- Sustainable Softworks IPNetRouter
- Webster MultiPort/LT guide
- Webster Computer Corporation Multiport Gateway - Software Version 4.7 & documentation
- Asante AsantéTalk (Product Info)
- Asante AsantéTalk (Online Shop)
- Sonic MicroPrint Manual[permanent dead link]
- Sonic MicroPrint Software
- Usenet post regarding successful use of the AsanteTalk bridge with an Apple IIgs
- macipgw project on Sourceforge
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