johnl@pico.oz (John Leiseboer) (08/30/90)
Can anyone help please? I will shortly be evaluating FDDI interconnection over the QPSX MAN. We will be using the Proteon p4200 as a TCP/IP gateway into the MAN. In order to test end-to-end interoperability we need to connect host stations to the FDDI which support TCP/IP. In the interests of keeping costs as low as possible, my initial thought is to use PC/AT compatibles with appropriate FDDI adaptors and TCP/IP software (with the usual features: telnet, ftp, tftp, ping, mail, etc.) as the hosts. Can anyone recommend appropriate FDDI adaptors and TCP/IP software please? John Leiseboer Manager, Applications Development QPSX Communications Perth, Western Australia j.leiseboer@qpsx.oz.au
ohara@brahms.amd.com (Bob O'Hara) (08/30/90)
In article <520@pico.oz> johnl@pico.qpsx.oz (John Leiseboer) writes: >Can anyone help please? > >I will shortly be evaluating FDDI interconnection over the QPSX MAN. We > [stuff deleted] >In the interests of keeping costs as low as possible, my initial thought >is to use PC/AT compatibles with appropriate FDDI adaptors and TCP/IP >software (with the usual features: telnet, ftp, tftp, ping, mail, >etc.) as the hosts. > >Can anyone recommend appropriate FDDI adaptors and TCP/IP software >please? > >John Leiseboer >Manager, Applications Development >QPSX Communications >Perth, Western Australia j.leiseboer@qpsx.oz.au You should give Schneider and Koch a call at +7 21 792 213. They are in Karlsruhe, West Germany. They have an FDDI adaptor for the PC/AT and (probably ;-) all of the software you would need. Good luck. Bob O'Hara Net: bob.ohara@amd.com Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Phone: +408-749-2321 P.O. Box 3453 MS 70 Fax: +408-749-2825 Sunnyvale, Ca. 94088-3000 Disclaimer: Everyone needs a disclaimer and I disclaim this one.
my@dtg.nsc.com (Michael Yip) (08/31/90)
National Semiconductor is producing FDDI chipsets and NSC is selling FDDI demo boards to demonstrate NSC's FDDI solution. I think that the NSC FDDI demo set comes with the Evaluation FDDI cards, SMT software, TCP/IP software and also the documentation (plus the circuit for developers). I don't know if NSC sells the FDDI cards to end user, but give the NSC sales rep a call. Also, the NSC FDDI cards runs on PC/AT platform. I saw and used those FDDI cards with SMT and TCP/IP softwware installed. I was running X-Window software on it and the combination works very well. -- Mike my@dtg.nsc.com
paul@actrix.co.nz (Paul Gillingwater) (08/31/90)
In article <520@pico.oz> johnl@pico.qpsx.oz (John Leiseboer) writes: > I will shortly be evaluating FDDI interconnection over the QPSX MAN. We > will be using the Proteon p4200 as a TCP/IP gateway into the MAN. In order > to test end-to-end interoperability we need to connect host stations to > the FDDI which support TCP/IP. > Can anyone recommend appropriate FDDI adaptors and TCP/IP software > please? It's not cheap, but I believe HP Apollo make a workstation with a direct FDDI connection, and all the standard TCP/IP software. -- Paul Gillingwater, paul@actrix.co.nz
vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver) (09/02/90)
In article <1990Aug31.021317.18187@actrix.co.nz>, paul@actrix.co.nz (Paul Gillingwater) writes: > > It's not cheap, but I believe HP Apollo make a workstation with a > direct FDDI connection, and all the standard TCP/IP software. If there is a workstation vendor who is NOT working on FDDI, please say who. The Sun product has been available for about a year. I was not aware that the HP/Apollo product had finally been announced. I think DEC announced prices recently. And so on and on and on. To see how big the cast is, get copies of the X3T9.5 FDDI documents, and look at the addresses of the participants. VME FDDI cards have been announced from at least 2 third party vendors, and I know of others in progress. At least one model has been shipped from for many months from each of the first two vendors. There are zillion vendors working on cards for all kinds of PC buses, using chipsets from at least half a dozen silicon vendors. Some of these boards, with varying amounts of upper layer software, are available off the shelf. At least one, the AMD Fastcard, has been available for literally years, although without any TCP/IP to my knowledge. This is not a good forum to search for a vendor. You won't get a balanced sample, whether you prefer to balance based on product volume, maturity, price, performance, or any combination of any metrics. Instead, you'll just get rumors of rumors. If I were looking for FDDI hardware today, I would call the chip makers, and ask which of their customers have announced products. Don't ask me which chip vendors, because I don't know what is still under non-disclosure. Instead, call all of your favorite silicon vendors and ask if they have an FDDI product. There will be a bazillion FDDI vendors at INTEROP 90 in Oct in San Jose. Interop Inc. would doubtless say it will be a good place to look for vendors. Vernon Schryver, vjs@sgi.com