{"id":982,"date":"2024-03-15T21:50:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T02:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/?p=982"},"modified":"2025-02-26T15:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T20:23:47","slug":"apple-ip-gatekeeping-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/2024\/03\/15\/apple-ip-gatekeeping-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple IP Gatekeeping in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feb 2025 – it’s a year later and i’ll update things here with any new information that comes out. There is a big new Guide from Steve<\/a> to also help.<\/p>\n

Original Post<\/h2>\n

To continue on from the last post, which discussed AppleTalk, Ethertalk, and how routing between different Apple Internet Routers (AIR) is happening for #MARCHintosh, this post will be about IP Gatekeeping and how Apple provided software to help.<\/p>\n

After joining up and getting my SE\/30 online with #GlobalTalk (it has an ethernet card) I realized I wanted to get some of my other Macs – those without Ethernet cards – connected. I have a PowerBook 165c that I could use with my AirTalk boxes which are extending a LocalTalk network in my basement. I’m waiting to get some more NeitherNet devices<\/a> to connect more. But just plugging the AirTalk into the PB165 connected it right up and while slow (limited to LocalTalk speeds) it was working… for AppleTalk. What about all the cool TCP\/IP apps? Gopher, WAIS and HTTP browsers. FTP retrievers. IRC and UseNet readers… I would like to be able to use them, but how?<\/p>\n

To use those I needed another software service on my Gateway box: Apple’s IP Gateway software.<\/p>\n

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Installation<\/h1>\n

I found installer archive on MacGarden. Of course the forks were messed up and so I had to drop it into vMac, unstuff and mount. I found that the mounted image contained 2 folders… and I soon found out that those had been two different install floppies. I had to make 2 .img – one from each folder, then put them into a 1.5.1 .sit and move them over to my real mac- the Quadra 800.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Apple IP Gateway Installer splash screen.<\/p>\n

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Doing Easy Install errors out… Somehow the installer realizes the 2nd disk isn’t correct (remember I had created it from a Folder on the .Sit archive where it was saved at some point in the past and uploaded to MacGarden.) and refused to install….<\/p>\n

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The trick was just to select Custom install and only choose the first two items, both of which are located on the first disk.. so the installer never had to ask for the 2nd disk.<\/p>\n

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\nSuccessful Installation!<\/p>\n

But more troubles….<\/h3>\n

Upon booting post-install the Quadra had a Finder trap error and locked up. After booting with extensions off (hold space bar) I finally solved the issue by doing a round of re-installs of the AIR required software:<\/p>\n