robert@csustan.UUCP (Robert Zeff) (06/04/88)
I'm about to connect three workstations via ethernet.
(A Tektronix 4301, & two 6130's) I've been told that I need a
"Delni" or Delni look-alike. Can someone point me to a cheap
source?
Thanks,
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Modesto, Ca. 95354 {lll-lcc,lll-crg}!csustan!robertceleste@coherent.com (Celeste C. Stokely) (06/06/88)
>I'm about to connect three workstations via ethernet. >(A Tektronix 4301, & two 6130's) I've been told that I need a >"Delni" or Delni look-alike. Can someone point me to a cheap >source? Save yourself a lot of grief and don't buy a Delni. They seems to suffer from some of the worst quality control problems I've ever seen. If you get a good one, they're great, but it's hard to get a good Delni. I like Cabletron's MT-800 Multiport Tranceiver Unit. It has blinky lights that help you figure out what's wrong with your net, 8 ports, and can be cascaded 2 deep to give you up to 64 ports. (I've seen this work great! Amazing!) I'm sorry I don't have an exact price for you, but it was significantly less than 8 individual tranceivers. Buy Cabletron--I've never had Cabletron gear be Dead On Arrival. The one time a piece of their gear broke on me, I called their 800 number, they sent a replacement the next day--BEFORE I sent in the broken gear. Superior company. (No, I don't work for Cabletron, but if they'd like to send me a TDR for being such a nice person, I wouldn't mind! Just kidding, Net Police. ;-) ..Celeste Stokely Coherent Thought Inc. UUCP: ...!{ames,sun,uunet}!coherent!celeste Domain: celeste@coherent.com Internet: coherent!celeste@ames.arpa or ...@sun.com or ...@uunet.uu.net VOX: 415-493-8805 SNAIL:3350 W. Bayshore Rd. #205, Palo Alto CA 94303
phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) (06/07/88)
In article <5398@coherent.com> celeste@coherent.com (Celeste C. Stokely) writes: >Save yourself a lot of grief and don't buy a Delni. They seems to suffer >from some of the worst quality control problems I've ever seen. If you get >a good one, they're great, but it's hard to get a good Delni. Could you go into more detail on this? How can you tell if your DELNI is bad? We have used a lot of Cabletron equipment and are very happy with them also. Mostly transceivers. We started using DELNIs before Cabletron was around and for lack of any problems directly attributed to them stuck with them. By coincidence, we are seeing problems in a new building and I wonder if the DELNIs are the culprit. -- I speak for myself, not the company. Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or phil@amd.com