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Article #1010Re: bridges
From: Paul Koning -- LAS Engineering
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1986 22:02
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1986 22:02
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>I need to connect two Ethernets. >... >DEC may have something similar, now, but I bet I won't love that >price either. Check it; you may be pleasantly surprised. The DEC bridge is a local bridge, by the way; it wasn't entirely clear if you need local or remote. >... >The cheapest alternative which is transparent looks to be a buffered >repeater. It won't filter at all but is said to work at full speed. "Buffered repeater" is a rather confusing term for what's really a "dumb" bridge. If you want full speed, why settle for less than the real thing? The DEC bridge is a full-function bridge that DOES run at full speed. paul koning
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!lll-crg!lll-lcc!qantel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-koning!koning From: koning@koning.DEC (Paul Koning -- LAS Engineering) Newsgroups: net.lan Subject: Re: bridges Message-ID: <1867@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Mon, 24-Mar-86 17:02:10 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.1867 Posted: Mon Mar 24 17:02:10 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Mar-86 07:06:04 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 20