ppi@santra.UUCP (Panu Pietik{inen) (11/30/87)
I saw a few weeks ago an add in Data Communications November 87 issue telling that Retix is selling a products called RetixGate. It is a Ethernet/802.3 bridge with connections to Ethernet, Starlan (product 2244) and ThinEthernet (product 2255). The pricing of these products seems to be quite affordable. I called Retix and hopefully I am going to get same more information in a couple of days or weeks. While I am waiting for the technical information to arrive I would like to hear if there are any *buts* in RetixGates. My question is: has anyone any user experience on these devices? I am interested receiving all available comments, positive or negative. Performance, reliability, do they work, Retix support, how many have been installed, rumors, etc... Please post directly to me. I will summarize and post the results to the net. --Panu Pietikainen ppi@hila.hut.fi or ppi@fingate.BITNET or ppi@hila.UUCP Helsinki University of Technology, Computing Center, Finland
pierre@imag.UUCP (Pierre LAFORGUE) (12/04/87)
In article <8945@santra.UUCP> ppi@hila.hut.fi (Panu Pietikainen) writes: >I saw a few weeks ago an add in Data Communications November 87 >issue telling that Retix is selling a products called RetixGate. >Please post directly to me. I will summarize and post the results >to the net. I apologize replying here, because I have another question to post. We have try the RetixGate here. It works, but its throughput is too low. I have no quantitative results, only the experience of abnormal delays from time to time. I was said that the RetixGate was bogued and near to be fixed. Hence it may not be only a problem of throughput. Now, my question : Does anybody in the netland know on the market an intelligent multi-port repeater ? By "intelligent", I mean a filter like the RetixGate or the DEC LanBridge. By "multiport", I mean a repeater for some thin Ethernets and 1 or 2 thick Ethernet transceivers, like the DEC DEMPR. Please post directly to me. I will summarize and post the results to the net. Thank you in advance -- Pierre Laforgue pierre@imag.imag.fr {uunet.uu.net|mcvax}!imag!pierre