Date   : Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:02:33 +0200 (BST)
From   : johan@... (Johan Heuseveldt)
Subject: Emulating Econet hardware?

Hi Chris,

On Fri 10 Aug, Chris Johns wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:

> > [1]Really should be called a Gateway. A Bridge connects two
> > similar networks. A Gateway connects two disimilar networks.
> 
> The precedent has been set with the BEN (or maybe SJ just wanted to give a 
> pretty name). I'd suggest the econet/ethernet connecting device be called 
> the BEE (and painted black and yellow).
> 
> To further complicate things, to link together to ethernet AUN networks 
> you need a copy of (!)Gateway running on an arc.

That was in the days when you had tp pay for the TCP/IP Protocol Suite, and
!Gateway was part of File Server Level 4.
TCP/IP and Gateway are now all build in into RISC OS.
I think this happened during 3.50 > 3.60 > 3.70
RISC OS 4 has it all:

TCP/IP : no greyed out items anymore for via Reverse ARP
                                         via BOOT
                                         via DHCP

Gateway : just an tick box in the 'Resolver and host name' window

Same for !BootNet application (or was it !NetBoot?) : DON'T use it.


OTOH, on a real Archimedes, then you're probably right.
I need to check that when I've sorted out my Risc Pc's Econet!
But that's RISC 3.xx.


Johan

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