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Article #3926Re: FDDI on VAX?
From: John Hascall
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:50
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:50
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bds@mbunix.mitre.org (Smith) writes: }I've been told that I could overcome the 2 Ethernet limitation on the }DEC 4000 AXP by using an FDDI board in a Futurebus+ slot, then running }the FDDI line into a concentrator, then into multiple bridges, with }each bridge handling multiple Ethernet ports up to the available }bandwidth. }My question is, could the same be done on the VAX 4000, using one of }the Q-Bus slots? I can't answer your original question, but you might want to consider a router with an FDDI interface and `N' ethernet interfaces as a possible alternative to a concentrator and `N' FDDI-to-Enet bridges. John -- John Hascall ``An ill-chosen word is the fool's messenger.'' Systems Software Engineer Project Vincent Iowa State University Computation Center + Ames, IA 50011 + 515/294-9551
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!john From: john@iastate.edu (John Hascall) Subject: Re: FDDI on VAX? Message-ID: <BzDDw7.3I5@news.iastate.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA References: <1992Dec16.143330.26588@linus.mitre.org> Distribution: comp.sys.dec Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:50:30 GMT Lines: 21