• Computers on the Network:
• Pentium 200 system running Windows 98 w/ an ISA ethernet adapter
• Macintosh PowerBook Duo 2300 running MacOS 7.5.5 w/ an ethernet dock
• Macintosh Quadra 605 running System 7.5.5 w/ ethernet adapter
• Macintosh LC 475 running System 7.5.5 w/ ethernet adapter
• Macintosh SE/30 running System 7.5.5 w/ ethernet adapter
• Apple IIGS running System 6.0.1
• NeXTStation running NeXTStep 3.3 User
• iMac running MacOS 8.5 w/ built-in 10/100bT ethernet
• Network hardware:
• Kingston EtheRx workgroup hub
• LinkSys workgroup hub
• Dayna EtherPrint-T Ethernet->LocalTalk bridge
• Cisco Systems 766 ISDN router

The Pentium 200 acts as the central AppleTalk server because it has the most storage of any computer. The Pentium, the Duo 2300, and the EtherPrint-T all connect to the workgroup hub. The Quadra 605 is connected, via LocalTalk, to the EtherPrint-T and the Apple IIgs is connected, via LocalTalk, to the Duo 2300 which runs Apple's LocalTalk Bridge software.

The next step is to get all, or most, of these machines to share a single connection to the internet.
Soon to be added to the network is a NeXTStation and a Sparc 1 system.

The NeXTStation is now on the network and connected to the Pentium 200 via TCP/IP. The next priority is sharing an internet connection with as many machines as possible.

I've now installed and configured SyGate, a Windows proxy networking application. So, now other TCP/IP equipped computers here may share the single internet connection that is established on my PC. At current, the NeXTSTation and the PowerBook Duo 2300 are working quite flawlessly with SyGate. The next step is to get the Apple IIGS tied into all of this. At this point, I set my NeXTStation up as a SLIP or PPP server and then connect the IIGS to the NeXTStation with a serial cable.

There is, however, one stumbling block. My NeXTStation really needs a fresh system install (with the Developer verson of NeXTStep) before I can really get it working as a PPP server. With broken compilers and such things as they are now, it would be a major chore, if possible, to get PPP working. I'll get the SparcStation serving PPP to the IIgs.

ISDN will be the network's means of connecting to the internet as of March 29, 1999. Everything seems to be pretty much ready to go. The only issue, still, is getting the IIgs on a direct connection to one of the machines here.

ISDN is up and running here with the Cisco 766. Every machine with an ethernet interface that is currently up is connected to the internet, thanks to the routing features of the 766. Ports are directed to various internal IPs so information meant for specific services gets to the right machine. For instance, my NeXTStation gets any port 23 (telnet) requests, the Win98 machine gets any port 113 (ident) requests, et cetera. I'm currently using my voice phone line with the IIgs to make phone calls to use Marinetti for various things. Get things configured on the NeXTStation to allow it, too, to communicate with the internet without using a seperate connection.