[comp.dcom.lans] remote lan bridge?

brian@hfh.edu (Brian A. Wolfe) (09/07/89)

Can anyone recommend a (relatively!) inexpensive remote
ethernet bridge? I've been told that $6500 is a good price
on an ethernet -> T1 bridge.

We are considering linking 2 or 3 satellite facilities
to our main campus for records purposes and remote login.
Traffic would be fairly light, probably under 5 megabytes of
data per day.
 
Are there any remote bridges that exist that could multiplex
several T1 lines to a single ethernet (see below)

                      ___
                   __|Box| Satellite A
                  /  |___|
________       T1/
        |       /
        |  ____/           ___
Main    |-|Box |----------|Box| Satellite B
Facility|  ----\   T1     |___|
Ethernet|       \
________|      T1\   ___
                  \_|Box| Satellite C
                    |___|



Please excuse my artwork and/or ignorance in this matter.

Regards,

Brian.


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ron@chopin.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) (09/08/89)

Certainly.  Most of the products on the market for
Ethernet <-> T1 come in versions that support multiple
T1 interfaces (or multiple Ethernet's for that matter).
Our particular favorite here is Cisco.

-Ron