If you want to connect Macintoshes together in a large network -- BEYOND the
AppleTalk 254 node limit on Ethernet, for instance -- here a couple of
suggestions:
1. Do not connect all of the Macintoshes directly. Use a LocalTalk network
and FastPaths to bridge the LocalTalk Macintoshes onto the Ethernet.
(This is a low-end solution.)
2. Use two FastPaths linked together with LocalTalk cabling to slow the
packets to LocalTalk speed, 234K baud. This method creates two
separately addressable zones with 254 AppleTalk nodes per zone.