geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) (08/29/90)
I am interested in acquiring some thinnet transceivers for setting up small, portable demo nets. There seem to be two similar products on the market: Milan Technologies' Micro-MAU and St. Clair's SN2400. The specs look similar: a small transceiver which connects directly onto the DB15 thick Ethernet port on a PC or workstation and has one or two thinnet (RG58) BNC connectors. Has anyone had any experience with either of these products? If anyone's evaluated both, which would you recommend? -- Geoff Arnold, PC-NFS architect, Sun Microsystems. (geoff@East.Sun.COM) -- *** "Now is no time to speculate or hypothecate, but rather a time *** *** for action, or at least not a time to rule it out, though not *** *** necessarily a time to rule it in, either." - George Bush ***
alan@curly.Viewlogic.COM (Alan Medsker) (08/30/90)
We use lots of the Micro-MAUs from MiLAN, and are happy with them. The guy that runs the company (and designed the unit) is pretty sharp--he told me that a protocol analyzer that he designed is currently being marketed by HP (you know, those flyers you get with the guy waking up in a cold sweat on the inside...). I'd recommend them without hesitation. Don't have any experience with the others. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Alan Medsker Viewlogic Systems, Inc. Voice: (508) 480-0881 293 Boston Post Road West Fax: (508) 480-0881 Marlboro, MA 01752 Internet: amedsker@Viewlogic.COM cc:Mail: Alan Medsker at Viewlogic CI$: 76376,662 BIX: amedsker 2 Meters: WB0SQR =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= My opinions, of course. And don't hold me to them. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=