I've just got an SE/30 and need some help

[LaPorta]

You'd need a Mac with an ethernet interface running 7.5 to act as a bridge.

Or just a LocalTalk bridge like the Asante adapters.

 

[dochilli]

You need a local talk bridge. That can be one of ASANTE (Asante talk or Asante print) or for example a SE/30 with an Ethernet adapter and the local talk bridge software.

Here you can get more information:

https://lowendmac.com/network/bridge.shtml

Sometimes you need an old ethenet hub with 10mbit. The old macs do not work with 100mbit.

 

[cheesestraws]

You'd need a Mac with an ethernet interface running 7.5 to act as a bridge. I used an SE/30. 

Doesn't need to be 7.5, AFAIK anything 7.0+ will work, and the control panel is free.  I had it on an LC II running 7.1 until I migrated to Apple Internet Router.

 

[Stephen_Usher]

You need a local talk bridge. That can be one of ASANTE (Asante talk or Asante print) or for example a SE/30 with an Ethernet adapter and the local talk bridge software.

Here you can get more information:

https://lowendmac.com/network/bridge.shtml

Sometimes you need an old ethenet hub with 10mbit. The old macs do not work with 100mbit.

They will work with any switch, but only at 10Mbit. It merely depends upon how brain dead your network switch is. If it's a decent one then without being able to negotiate the connection it should default to 10Mbit, which is what the old 10BaseT hubs ran at.

I had my SE/30 connected to a gigabit switch with no issues.

 

[Bendix]

Thanks for the many answers! I found this with some pics of the hardware in it:

http://retroapplecomputing.com/lt-eth-bridge.php

I did not really understand, why the powerbook was needed as an intermediate node in this example.

I have two SE/30s, one with a working Asante Ethernet Card. So with the Asante local talk bridge and the local talk phone net adapter I should be able to connect my 2nd SE/30 to the net like Stephen_Usher mentioned?

 

[dochilli]

You can use your SE/30 (with ethernet card) with the software local talk bridge. Then you do not need the Asante bridge. The SE is the bridge.

https://www.macintoshrepository.org/1481-localtalk-bridge-2-1

 

[LaPorta]

Yes indeed. I did not know that you had those other machines. They can help you out.

 

[Bendix]

Cool! So can I use a serial printer cable to connect the two SE/30s and then install the local talk bridge extension on the ethernet mac and everything will be fine? What about TCP/IP on the mac without the ethernet, how will I get internet connection?