LocalTalk-to-Ethernet bridge
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A LocalTalk-to-Ethernet Bridge is a specific kind of network bridge that joins the physical layer of the AppleTalk networking used by previous generations of Apple Computer products to an Ethernet network.
Some LocalTalk-to-Ethernet Bridges only performed Appletalk bridging. Others were also able to bridge other protocols. For example: TCP/IP in the form of MacIP
[edit] Examples
Hardware devices:
- Asante AsanteTalk
- Cayman Systems GatorBox
- Farallon EtherPrint
- Farallon StarRouter
- Kinetics FastPath - in later years, available from Shiva Networks
- Transware EtherWay
- Webster Computer Corporation MultiGate
- Webster Computer Corporation MultiPort/LT
Software in MacTCP era (<1995):
- Apple IP Gateway from Apple Computer[1]
- SuperBridge/TCP from Sonic Systems
Software in Open Transport era (>1995):
- Internet Gateway from Vicomsoft
- IPNetRouter from Sustainable Softworks
- LocalTalk Bridge from Apple Computer
