pliuskon@intellistor.com (Saul Pliuskonis) (06/27/91)
I am looking for some input on Communications Servers. I am just starting an evaluation of the Annex3 by Xylogics, and would appreciate any comments from anyone who has used one of these servers. I would also like input on any other communication servers that meet the following requirements: 1) Must work well in a Unix environment ( Sun ) 2) Must support modems 3) Must have a printer port, and support network printing. 4) It would be real nice if it had SLIP, CSLIP, and PPP support. Thanks in advance for any recomendations/comments, SVP -- _______________________________________________________________________ | Saul Pliuskonis | e-mail address: pliuskon@intellistor.com | | Intellistor, Inc. | USmail address: 2402 Clover Basin Dr. | | (303)682-6515 | Longmont, CO 80503 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------
rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) (06/29/91)
pliuskon@intellistor.com (Saul Pliuskonis) writes: >I would also like input on any other communication servers >that meet the following requirements: > > 1) Must work well in a Unix environment ( Sun ) > 2) Must support modems > 3) Must have a printer port, and support network printing. > 4) It would be real nice if it had SLIP, CSLIP, and PPP > support. Sounds to me like a cheap Unix box would be your lowest-cost, highest- capability way out. How about a 386 with an Ethernet card and ESIX or some other low-cost Unix product bundled with TCP/IP? You can then buy as many async line cards as you want. I would think any vendor which sells a dedicated "communications server" would charge a lot more money, due to the lower volume of sales for such products. I use an IBM RS/6000 for this purpose here. Not as cheap as a 386, but quite capable and has the extra advantage of being an NFS file server. -rich