[rescue] Various machines for sale

Maciej W. Rozycki macro at orcam.me.uk
Thu Jan 9 10:37:28 EST 2025


On Thu, 9 Jan 2025, Patrik Schindler via rescue wrote:

> > I think they typically are made to use Wifi instead of actual Ethernet
> 
> Which might be an obstacle in the real world. Assisted a friend in 
> networking two AS/400's in separate rooms, each being connected to 
> Wifi2Ethernet bridges. IP worked. No SNA frames were forwarded, though. 
> For reasons I fail to apprehend, apparently only IPv4 (and maybe IPv6) 
> frames are considered worthy to be forwarded by what I perceive as pure 
> L2 infrastructure components. For oder Macs, AppleTalk is almost a must 
> have. At least to me. For now I'd assume that this might also fail to be 
> forwarded.

 A broken implementation, I suppose, rather than anything wrong with WiFi 
protocols themselves.  FWIW DEC MOP works just fine bridged over WiFi in a 
WDS setup at one of my sites using Edimax equipment.

  Maciej



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