chris@utgard.UUCP (Chris Anderson) (05/01/89)
Does anybody know about terminal servers? We're looking for several low-cost terminal servers to hook to our (soon to be installed) Pyramid 9825. We've looked at Bridge boxes (?) and Annex terminal servers. Are there any others? We are primarily interested in good service, low MTBF, price, in that order. Any suggestions? Please email. I'll summarize if there's interest. Chris -- | Chris Anderson, | | QMA, Inc. email : {csusac,sactoh0}!utgard!chris | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Of *course* I speak for my employer, would he have it any other way? |
ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) (05/02/89)
Of the ones I've tried, ANNEX and CISCO are the ones that work best. We've been in joint development so long with CISCO that every minor change we've ever wanted in a terminal server has been incorporated into their official release. I also used an ANNEX continuously for several months and found no problem with it's operation either. The ANNEX terminal server development people were generally receptive to changes proposed in their product as well. The CISCO servers are very attractive to a central site as they can be expanded to close to 100 lines per box. The ANNEX boxes were more cost effective at one time when you only needed a dozen lines, but CISCO now sells smaller cheaper versions of their server as well. The user interface is similar on the boxes, the ANNEX people obviously being UNIX oriented, the CISCO people being DEC-20 holdovers. Both boxes support TELNET, RLOGIN, and SLIP. We've also used at various times Ungermann/Bass and Bridge boxes. I'll not comment on these since I haven't used anything that they've come out with in the past year. We still have many Bridge servers in use, but they have some rough edges on their implementation (at least in the old ones we have). Bridge customer support was likewise very helpful. -Ron
brian@premise.ZONE1.COM (Brian Moran) (01/12/91)
I recently purchased a MICOM LTS300 terminal server -- unfortunately,
it was surplus, and did not come with a manual of any kind. If anyone
has any information on what it takes to get this box going on a TCP/IP
ethernet network (I have the transceivers, etc. Just need to know how to
program the box), please email me at the below address. I would be
particularly interested in obtaining a manual for this equipment, since
the MICOM folks have been less than helpful.
I know that this thing tries to grab its configuration from the net (I
watch it send packets with a packet sniffer) -- if anyone has information
on what it is expecting, I'd appreciate that as well.
Thanks!
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