AppleTalk (AppleShare) over PPP?

[blindowl]

I've continued to experiment with different ways to network old Macs that don't have an ethernet port. Especially I want AppleShare to work. After a few days of tinkering, I got my Mac Classic (System 6.0.7 and 7.0.1) to connect via serial and PPP with Slirp: https://metalbabble.wordpress.com/2020/02/08/the-final-frontier-connecting-a-macintosh-se-to-the-internet-with-a-raspberry-pi/

I also have Netatalk 2.2.6 running on a Rasberry Pi (the same RPi running Slirp), both -ddp and -tcp. And I can see the RPi's AppleShare volume in Chooser on my Ethernet-connected Macs, but I can't see it on my PPP-connected Classic. How can I achieve that? Is that even possible?

Normally I use a PowerBook G3 with IPNetRouter acting as ethernet bridge, but also then I can't see the RPi's AppleShare volume. My goal is to have working AppleShare on the Classic when connecting via serial to the Raspberry.

 

[cheesestraws]

The AppleTalk protocol suite won't work over PPP, as far as I know.  ARA is an analogous system for AppleTalk.

 

[Realitystorm]

I should have a post up this weekend for ARA 1.0.   testing now with my SE and 7.01.  I have a post for 2.0. https://www.savagetaylor.com/2020/12/15/appletalk-from-windows-linux-osx-to-a-68k-macintosh-using-basilisk-ii-apple-remote-access-personal-server-ara-ps-and-a-usb-serial-null-modem-cable/

 

[blindowl]

That's a shame! But also what I already suspected. ARA requires another Mac (or emulator) so you lose the simplicity with a headless Raspberry. I will still test @Realitystorm's method, it seems like a fun little project!