[comp.dcom.lans] How to connect ARCnet to Ethernet

braun@dri.com (Karl T. Braun (kral)) (09/29/90)

Gosh I hope this is a dweeb question and that there's a really simple
solution and all I gotta do is RTFM:

Is there a package solution (a "gateway box") that will allow me to connect an
ARCnet local network to an Ethernet backbone (DECnet and/or TCP-IP)?


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jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden) (09/29/90)

In article <KMZQB0H@dri.com> braun@dri.com (Karl T. Braun (kral)) writes:
>
>Gosh I hope this is a dweeb question and that there's a really simple
>solution and all I gotta do is RTFM:
>
>Is there a package solution (a "gateway box") that will allow me to connect an
>ARCnet local network to an Ethernet backbone (DECnet and/or TCP-IP)?
>

KA9Q tcp-ip set up as a router (from thumper.bellcore.com) or PCROUTE (from
i.forget.where) talking to both an arcnet and ethernet card via Clarkson 
Packet Drivers (from sun.soe.clarkson.edu).

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Kerry_Koppert@kcbbs.gen.nz (Kerry Koppert) (10/06/90)

Funny you should ask. I've just got one working. The product is called 
GARP by an Australian firm called Net Research. It is being marketted 
in Australia by Netcomm. It supports 128 connections and access in our 
case is via anyone of 7 Novell networks via Gateway G/NET, Arcnet or 
Ethernet.

                                          
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