culvertl@stat.appstate.edu (03/22/91)
I need some help in finding ways of providing remote links to
Ethernet LANs. I have some mandates that I must follow because
of grant stipulations. I must use Intergrated Services Digital
Network basic rate circuits (ISDN - BRI 2B+1D) from the local
phone company (Southern Bell - ESSX).
Each of the remote Ethernet LANs will have at least one Novell
Netware file server and from 5-20 local workstations (IBM-PC
and Macs). They will be bridged (routed?) back to a central
Ethernet LAN at the university that will have a central Novell
Netware server and 20-30 workstations. The remote file servers
will provide most of the access from the remote LAN. The central
server will provide email coordination (SMTP), file distribution,
etc.
This local university Ethernet will in turn be bridged to the
university's campuswide Ethernet backbone which will provide
access to the Internet and Bitnet as well as several other
Novell servers, DEC clusters, etc. etc.
My first inclination is to use Ethernet compression bridges at
4:1 ratios on one of the 64kbps B channels and use the other B
channel for video or voice applications or possibly combine the
two B channels somehow for one data link.
I know I have left out a lot of details, but I don't want to
overdo this posting. Please email responses to me and I will
summarize and repost.
Thanks in advance.
Tom Culver -- Appalachian State University, 1117 New COB Bldg.
Boone, NC 28608 USA - Phone: (704)262-6269 Fax: 262-2236
Internet: CULVERTL@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU
Bitnet: CULVERTL@APPSTATE.BITNET