karl@naitc.uucp (Karl Denninger) (08/17/90)
We're looking to tie together two buildings across a business park. TCP/IP routing would be easy. The difficult part is that we need to support, in addition, IPX, NBP, Netbios, Appletalk (Ethertalk) and possibly X.25 over the same wires. For reasons of safety and sanity we're going to go with fiber, but I am concerned that the distances invovled will require routers for EACH protocol that needs to be handled, and these may or may not interoperate. We can't pull different fiber links for every conceivable need (there's only so much room in the pipe that we've got between buildings, and cost is an issue). Any suggestions welcome! -- Karl Denninger AC Nielsen kdenning@ksun.naitc.com (708) 317-3285 Disclaimer: Contents represent opinions of the author; I do not speak for AC Nielsen on Usenet.
pcaloca@synoptics.COM (Paul Caloca) (08/17/90)
In article <1990Aug16.193457.5270@naitc.uucp>, karl@naitc.uucp (Karl Denninger) writes: > We're looking to tie together two buildings across a business park. > > TCP/IP routing would be easy. The difficult part is that we need to > support, in addition, IPX, NBP, Netbios, Appletalk (Ethertalk) and possibly > X.25 over the same wires. > cisco Systems makes a router that comes standard with TCP/IP, IPX, AppleTalk EtherTalk, DECnet, and few others. It can also function as an X.25 switch. About the only options for the box are bridging and FDDI. All these can be routed via your choice of transmission media. Cantact: cisco Systems 1525 O'brien St. Menlo Park, CA 94025 415-326-1941 ======================================================================== Paul Caloca | "Minds are like parachutes - Technical Support | they ony function when open." SynOptics Communications | Mountain View, CA |==================== Thomas Dewar Email: Paul_Caloca.SALES@engtwomac.synoptics.com UUCP: ...!ames.arc.nasa.gov!synoptics.com!engtwomac!Paul_Caloca.SALES FAX: 415-967-8710 ========================================================================