Using a PowerBook 1400 as a Serial-10BT Bridge

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Using a PowerBook 1400 as a Serial-10BT Bridge

Does anybody know of a way for a PowerBook 1400 (with optional 10BT card installed) to take an ethernet connection and broadcast it through the Printer/Modem port so that an older Mac could access the internet through the 1400? My Powerbook g4 can take an airport connection and transfer it through 10BT, so I hope it's possible.
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IPNetRouter

You'll have to forgive due to the fact that my Classic networking knowledge is getting a little sketchy these days when it comes to the higher-level stuff like that, but I believe IPNetRouter could do this for you... I remember them having VERY extensive documentation on their web site for just about every imaginable networking scenario on a Mac.

http://www.sustworks.com

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That's exactly what I was loo

That's exactly what I was looking for.
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LocalTalk Bridge

There's also a free program called LocalTalk Bridge from Apple. It's pretty old, so I don't know which System/OS versions it'll run on. But it should run on 7.something, and so should the 1400 from memory

Sorry I don't have a link - try gamba2 or googling the Apple.com site

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re: LocalTalk Bridge

. . . is a great solution for AppleTalk, but sadly not for TCP/IP. IPNetRouter is probably the only way to pass TCP/IP from an ethernet port to an AppleTalk port on an (OpenTransport-equipped) classic Mac.

Alternately, you could acquire a hardware bridge, some of which (but not all) could do the TCP/IP 'thing'. Bridges cost anywhere from $1 to $20 or so, cheaper than IPNetRouter. Nice thing about a HW bridge is that you don't need to tie up a working Mac all the time for the bridging function. Sorry, I cannot remember which work with TCP/IP and which don't, been sooooo long since I've had to deal with this . . . A bit o' googling ought to turn up that info PDQ.

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re: TCP/IP

Isn't there some way of encapsulating TCP/IP packets within Appletalk packets? Or am I tripping again?

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Isn't this what the discussio

Isn't this what the discussion is about? The IP packets come in on the AT connection. IIRC you just select "MacTCP" or "AppleTalk" as the TCP connection in the TCP/IP Control Panel. It's been awhile since I've done any old-school networking though.

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