[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Cost of Ethernet

Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) (02/09/90)

Can someone give me a cost breakdown of what it takes to get into Ethernet?

I have four DOS and OS/2 workstations that I need to put on Ethernet. 
I figure about $500 per station for the hardware.  What else, at minimum,
do I need to get this all to work to the point where we can do file transfers,
use a server, and use network applications that make use of named pipes and
other application to application level protocols?  And how much do each of
the additional components cost?  Cost is a real issue here, so I'm a little
scared about any approach that would require me to buy a particular vendor's
server at some outrageous markup.

Thanks,
Will              (sun!portal!cup.portal.com!Will)

Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) (02/12/90)

I should also add that I'm interested in an approach that does not
require a dedicated server.  Ideally we would run the server as another
process under OS/2.

Thanks,
Will              (sun!portal!cup.portal.com!Will)