On Monday, September 24, 2001, at 11:41 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>
> on 23/09/01 23:29, John Fraser at john_fraser_at_mac.com wrote:
>
>> I thought that a mac can share it's internet connection to another mac
>> via
>> localtalk (apple talk)so is it possible for a newton to grab this
>> internet
>> sharing on a mac to use my PDA on the web without using an ethernet
>> card?
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>>
>> PS the reason? I'm looking at some weird appletalk wireless adapters
>> and
>> thought this would be a cool option.
>
> There used to be a software from Apple that would let you configure a
> Mac
> with an Ethernet connection into a router for an AppleTalk network. I
> unfortunately don't remember how the software was called, however...
> Anybody
> else?
You might be thinking of Localtalk Bridge which allows a Localtalk
network to join an ethernet network. This is not what is needed for the
Mac to share it's internet connection, though, you would need IP
Netrouter to do that.
Hope this helps.
Kim Howe
Newton Forum Host on Syndicomm
kimhowe_at_syndicomm.com
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