pat@hprnd.HP.COM (Pat Thaler) (02/21/90)
> I have an immediate application for a Ethernet fiber optic star. A > quick look at the marketplace shows a lot of vendors selling these > things and I would like to gain from your collective experience. > > I've looked at Siecor (but their electro-optic products group was just > purchased by DuPont), AT&T (but they don't provide a fiber-optic AUI, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Why is this a problem? My understanding is that their product line is unaffected by the change in ownership. > only a fiber adapter that goes to twisted pair), and ISOLAN (but they > only have SMA connectors). I am interested in Chipcom (they look > expensive) and the new Cabletron Mini-MMAC (they can't even get me > prices yet). > > Any others that I should look at? Codenoll? ODS? > > Any ones I should avoid? > > Thanks in advance.... > > Dale Smith, Acting Director of Network Services > University of Oregon Internet: dsmith@oregon.uoregon.edu > Computing Center BITNET: dsmith@oregon.bitnet > Eugene, OR 97403-1212 Voice: (503)346-4394 > ----------