suhler@IBM.COM (Paul Suhler) (01/24/90)
Thanks to all who responded to my requests for information on Cayman Systems' GatorBox, and the Excelan/Novell/Kinetics FastPath. The most comprehensive response was: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I do not believe a true head-to-head comparison of the two gateways has ever been done. At least not in the major Mac publications. I have seen the GatorBox reviewed but never benchmarked with the fastpath. If you are looking to do Mac to Unix, the Cayman solution is a much nicer implementation. The Unix boxes show up as Appleshare Servers. However, you pay bu ku bucks to get this level of friendliness. Not only do you purchase the GatorBox, but you also purchase GatorShare (the AFP to NFS module). The FastPath has been around for a long time and has undergone a number of changes to make it easier to configure and use. However, Novell is admittedly not in the Hardware business and is rumored (Jan ? 1990 MacWEEK Mac The Knife) to be dumping the EtherPort cards on DEC. I doubt the FastPath will go this route anytime soon But It makes you wonder who will be supporting the FastPath in the future? Current Tech Support from Novell for the FastPath is GREAT. It is provided by a group of folks who have been supporting the product since Kinetics was a company not just a division or product line. I would be very interested in the comments you receive or any comparisons you dig up. Could you please send me this information when/if it becomes available? Much thanks. *********************************************************************** Steve Frantz Teradyne, Inc. sf@Zehntel =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Thanks, Steve. I wasn't able to get e-mail to you. Paul Suhler Hybrid Dataflow Systems