[comp.dcom.modems] Request for experience with Telebit Netblazer

davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown) (06/13/91)

  Anyone have experiecne with the netblazer?  I'm looking at a
possible slip service and/or the very pedestrian use of the terminals
as a dilin gateway to our local network's machines.

--dave


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davew@viper.gvg.tek.com (David White) (06/13/91)

In article <1991Jun13.134237.25324@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>,
davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown) writes:
|>
|>  Anyone have experiecne with the netblazer?  I'm looking at a
|>possible slip service and/or the very pedestrian use of the terminals
|>as a dilin gateway to our local network's machines.

I am also interested in the Netblazer.  I have seen several requests
for experiences with this product, but no replies of note.  One of the
things I am concerned about is the ability of the device to handle
multiple 38.4 sessions, SLIP, PPP and Telnet and also be able to
handle routing functions since it is using only a 386SX processor
(correct me if this has changed).  I believe that you can assign
a password for each user up to a maximum of X users.  Anyone know
what the value of X is?

Are there any plans to upgrade the product to support port rates
of greater than 38.4?

I would also be interested in any experience with using V.32bis
modems with this product since Telebit doesn't have one.  What
types of V.32bis modems have been used and how well do they work
with the Netblazer?

If anyone has any other recommendations for a terminal server with full
modem control on the ports that supports SLIP, PPP, FTP, Telnet, DNS, and
SNMP, I would be interested in the configurations and performance.

If anyone has received replies to previous requests for real life
experiences with the Netblazer, I think it would be valuable if they
could post a summary of the replies.  Thanks in advance,
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brunner@telebit.com (Eric Brunner) (06/19/91)

In article <2517@gold.gvg.tek.com> davew@viper.gvg.tek.com (David White) writes:
>In article <1991Jun13.134237.25324@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>,
>davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown) writes:
>|>
>|>  Anyone have experiecne with the netblazer?  I'm looking at a
>|>possible slip service and/or the very pedestrian use of the terminals
>|>as a dilin gateway to our local network's machines.
>
See my previous posting for a pedestrian demand dialup slip connection
between my sun at home and my rt's and vax at my office, as well as to the
rest of my clients' sites and the local carriers.
>
>I am also interested in the Netblazer.  I have seen several requests
>for experiences with this product, but no replies of note.  One of the
>things I am concerned about is the ability of the device to handle
>multiple 38.4 sessions, SLIP, PPP and Telnet and also be able to
>handle routing functions since it is using only a 386SX processor
>(correct me if this has changed).  I believe that you can assign
>a password for each user up to a maximum of X users.  Anyone know
>what the value of X is?

Thanks for the ideas, I'll add this to the multi-line tests. Just for
fun I asked the guys in tech support the value of X. They didn't know so I
took the 222 entries in Telebit's yp password and made up an add user
script... There are now a _lot_ of users listed in addition to the half
dozen that were on one of the units in the test lab. I'll add "find the
value of X" to several of the commands.

>
>Are there any plans to upgrade the product to support port rates
>of greater than 38.4?

I can't say.

>
>I would also be interested in any experience with using V.32bis
>modems with this product since Telebit doesn't have one.  What
>types of V.32bis modems have been used and how well do they work
>with the Netblazer?

I don't know. (I didn't know the answer to the previous question but
this way it looks as if I do.)
>
>If anyone has any other recommendations for a terminal server with full
>modem control on the ports that supports SLIP, PPP, FTP, Telnet, DNS, and
>SNMP, I would be interested in the configurations and performance.

I've always like Annex boxes. Ask Chuck or any of the Rutgers guys for
real numbers.
>
>If anyone has received replies to previous requests for real life
>experiences with the Netblazer, I think it would be valuable if they
>could post a summary of the replies.  Thanks in advance,

OK, OK. I'll write something up over the weekend, whether it comes out as
an applications note or a riviting posting from Tule Network Services
(me inc), or both I seem to be obligated.

brunner@telebit.com (Eric Brunner) (06/19/91)

In article <2517@gold.gvg.tek.com> davew@viper.gvg.tek.com (David White) writes:
>In article <1991Jun13.134237.25324@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>,
>davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown) writes:
>|>
>|>  Anyone have experiecne with the netblazer?  I'm looking at a
>|>possible slip service and/or the very pedestrian use of the terminals
>|>as a dilin gateway to our local network's machines.

See my previous posting to the tcp-ip list for a pedestrian demand dialup
slip connection between my sun at home and my rt's and vax at my office,
as well as to the rest of my clients' sites and the local carriers.

>I am also interested in the Netblazer.  I have seen several requests
>for experiences with this product, but no replies of note.  One of the
>things I am concerned about is the ability of the device to handle
>multiple 38.4 sessions, SLIP, PPP and Telnet and also be able to
>handle routing functions since it is using only a 386SX processor
>(correct me if this has changed).  I believe that you can assign
>a password for each user up to a maximum of X users.  Anyone know
>what the value of X is?

Thanks for the ideas, I'll add this to the multi-line tests. Just for
fun I asked the guys in tech support the value of X. They didn't know so I
took the 222 entries in Telebit's yp password and made up an add user
script... There are now a _lot_ of users listed in addition to the half
dozen that were on one of the units in the test lab. I'll add "find the
value of X" to several of the commands.

>Are there any plans to upgrade the product to support port rates
>of greater than 38.4?

I can't say.

>I would also be interested in any experience with using V.32bis
>modems with this product since Telebit doesn't have one.  What
>types of V.32bis modems have been used and how well do they work
>with the Netblazer?

I don't know. (I didn't know the answer to the previous question but
this way it looks as if I do.)

>If anyone has any other recommendations for a terminal server with full
>modem control on the ports that supports SLIP, PPP, FTP, Telnet, DNS, and
>SNMP, I would be interested in the configurations and performance.

I've always like Annex boxes, but I don't ask as much of them as you appear
to. Ask Chuck or any of the Rutgers guys for real numbers. 

>If anyone has received replies to previous requests for real life
>experiences with the Netblazer, I think it would be valuable if they
>could post a summary of the replies.  Thanks in advance,

OK, OK. I'll write something up over the weekend, whether it comes out as
an applications note or a riviting posting from Tule Network Services
(me inc), or both I seem to be obligated.

Eric
consulting to, not employed by Telebit, and no, I don't speak for them either.