Netopia

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| industry = Computer networking

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| founded = 1986, as Farallon Computing, Inc.

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| defunct = 2007

| fate = Acquired by Motorola

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{{pic|Logo of Farallon.svg|Logo of Farallon Computing, Inc., the earlier name}}

Netopia, Inc., formerly Farallon Computing, Inc., was an American computer networking company that produced a wide variety of products including bridges, repeaters and switches, and in their later Netopia incarnation, modems, routers, gateways, and Wi-Fi devices. The company also produced the NBBS (Netopia Broadband Server Software) and, as Farallon, Timbuktu remote administration software, as well as the MacRecorder, the first audio capture and manipulation products for the Macintosh (later sold to Macromedia). Farallon originated several notable technologies, including:

• PhoneNet, an implementation of AppleTalk over plain ("Cat-3") telephone wiring or, more commonly, EIA-TIA 568A/B structured cabling systems. Many versions of the product were produced, but the original product was a commercialized version of a kit developed and produced by BMUG, the Berkeley Macintosh Users Group in 1986.{{cite web |title=PhoneNET User's Guide |url=http://www.applefool.com/se30/files/Farallon-Phonenet.pdf |publisher=Farallon Computing |date=1986}}{{cite web |title=Farallon PhoneNET |url=https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Farallon_PhoneNET |website=Vintage Computing Wiki |access-date=23 November 2021}}{{cite patent |country=US |number=5003579A |status=Expired |title= System for connecting computers via telephone lines |pubdate=1991-03-26 |gdate=1991-03-26 |fdate=1989-09-07 |pridate=1986-08-22 |inventor=Reese M. Jones |invent1= |invent2= |assign1= |assign2= |class= |url=}}{{cite web |title=BMUG Lab in UCB Eshleman Hall |url=http://32by32.com/bmug-lab-in-ucb-eshleman-hall/ |publisher=32by32 |date=4 March 1986}}

• The StarController, a line of LocalTalk and Ethernet bridges and switches released in 1988 which integrated directly with EIA-TIA 568A/B structured cabling systems.{{cite web |title=Farallon PhoneNET StarController |url=https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Farallon_PhoneNET_StarController |website=Vintage Computing Wiki}}

• EtherWave, an ADB-powered serial-to-ethernet bridge in a dongle form-factor which looked something like a manta ray. The two external ports were 10BASE-T and the serial pigtail spoke an overclocked 690 kbps version of LocalTalk. This served both to allow devices without expansion busses (commonly early Macintosh computers and LaserWriter printers) to connect directly to Ethernet networks, and also to allow the daisy-chaining of multiple devices from a single Ethernet switch or bridge port.{{cite web |last1=Knight |first1=Daniel |title=Farallon EtherWave FAQ |url=https://lowendmac.com/2014/farallon-etherwave-faq/ |publisher=LowEndMac |date=17 June 2014}}{{cite web |title=EtherWave Adapters |url=http://www.farallon.com/products/ether/adapters/ewmprad.html |publisher=Farallon, a division of Proxim |date=17 August 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817051243/http://www.farallon.com/products/ether/adapters/ewmprad.html |archive-date=2000-08-17 }}{{cite web |author=((Mk.558)) |title=Classic Mac Networking |url=http://www.applefool.com/se30/ |access-date=23 November 2021}}{{cite web |title=AirDock with Open Transport |url=http://www.farallon.com/product/infrared/AirDockOT.html |publisher=Farallon |date=24 May 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980524084255/http://www.farallon.com/product/infrared/AirDockOT.html |archive-date=1998-05-24 }}{{cite web |title=Farallon AirDock |url=https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Farallon_AirDock |publisher=Vintage Computer Wiki |access-date=23 November 2021}} Later versions used Apple's "AAUI" version of the Attachment Unit Interface to achieve full 10 mbps host connections.{{cite web |title=Farallon EtherWave AAUI Transceiver |url=https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Farallon_EtherWave_AAUI_Transceiver |website=Vintage Computing Wiki |access-date=23 November 2021}}

• AirDock, a Serial-to-IrDA gateway which allowed devices with LocalTalk ports to communicate on IrDA infrared wireless networks.

Netopia acquired multiple companies in the home networking space including Cayman and DoBox, Inc.{{Cite web |date=2001-04-12 |title=DoBox |url=http://dobox2.webpipe.net:80/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010412103514/http://dobox2.webpipe.net:80/ |archive-date=2001-04-12 }} DoBox, Inc., founded by Nicole Toomey Davis, Bradley Davis and Matt Smith, was acquired in 2002 {{Cite web |date=April 1, 2002 |title=Netopia acquires DoBox |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2002/04/01/daily4.html |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=www.bizjournals.com}} for its award-winning{{Cite book |author=Hearst Magazines |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MtMDAAAAMBAJ&dq=popular+mechanics+dobox+Editor%27s+Choice+Award&pg=PA86 |title=Popular Mechanics |date=April 1, 2002 |publisher=Hearst Magazines |pages=86 |language=en}} DoBox Family Firewall and Home Server Gateway.{{Cite web |date=2002-01-18 |title=Utah-based DoBox wins coveted award in Vegas |url=https://www.deseret.com/2002/1/18/19632163/utah-based-dobox-wins-coveted-award-in-vegas |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}