sob@moniz.bcm.tmc.edu (Stan Barber) (08/30/88)
I got an ISOLAN PRIMARY BRIDGE for testing. I tested it on a small lan connected to a big lan and was able to do low speed (3.9 KB/sec) ftp's just fine. I got a packet generator to see if it would let stray packets through. It didn't. Then, the final test was to connect two Sun 3/60's on the small lan and have them boot at the same time from a server on the big lan. This worked fine. In fact, I left the ISOLAN in the configuration as I write this. I want to be sure it will take the beating. It seems to be working just fine. I admit these tests were not very systematic, but I wanted to test it under the various conditions in which it would be expected to work. Needless to say, I am going to buy some more of these beasties. [You may note that the text of this posting looks similiar to one I wrote about the Micom/Interlan IB3000. The big difference is that the ISOLAN worked and the IB3000 didn't. Micom saw the posting and wants me to test another IB3000 to be sure my original was not just a bad apple. I am going to do this. I will report on my findings.] Stan Barber, Manager, Networking Baylor College of Medicine
bethune@xenon.UUCP (Dave Bethune) (09/02/88)
We just recently completed an evaluation of the BICC Primary Bridge (along with 4 other similiar products) and totally agree with your results. This company appears to have it's act together in both the Ethernet bridge and repeater markets. This is the second evaluation that we have conducted which included their products, and the outcome was the same in both cases.