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.
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
Examples
Hardware devices:
- Asante: AsanteTalk
- Cayman Systems: GatorBox
- Compatible Systems: Ether Route/TCP, RISC Router 3000E
- Farallon: EtherPrint, EtherWave, StarRouter, EtherMac iPrint Adapter LT
- 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/LT
Software in MacTCP era (<1995):
Software in Open Transport era (>1995):
- Internet Gateway from Vicomsoft
- IPNetRouter from Sustainable Softworks
- LocalTalk Bridge from Apple Computer
References
- ^ Apple IP Gateway press release
External links