tim@sybase.com (Tim Wood) (08/01/90)
Here is the promised summary of thin-coax Ethernet transceiver recommendations. It is short and simple. Cabletron seems to be the unit of choice, they are obtainable for ~$150. Many thanks to those who responded: X-From: bob@morningstar.com (Bob Sutterfield) We have, and like, the MicroBat from Eakins Open Systems. Call them at (800)776-5665 or (415)969-5109. X-From: shapiro@jashap.rutgers.edu (Joel Shapiro) We have used mostly cabletron transceivers, ST-500 and TMS3. The first comes with a head that can be replaced for thickwire, and is about $25 more than the second, which is smaller and has fewer leds. I have about two dozen and have never had a problem with them. X-From jimc@math.ucla.edu (Jim Carter) We have 10-15 Cabletron BNC transceivers in our ceiling for 2-3 years and we haven't had one fail yet (cross fingers). X-From: pmurphy@guinness.tuc.nrao.edu (Patrick P. Murphy) We use Cabletron ST500 with LANview and have no complaints. X-From: sun!uunet.uu.net!apex!willief (Willie F.) I use Cabletron ST500 transceivers. They ran less than $150.00, and are tiny enough to fit in small places. Cabletron (408)986-0566
terry@iti.org (Terry Hull) (08/02/90)
tim@sybase.com (Tim Wood) writes: >Here is the promised summary of thin-coax Ethernet transceiver >recommendations. It is short and simple. Cabletron seems to be the unit >of choice, they are obtainable for ~$150. Many thanks to those who >responded: >X-From: bob@morningstar.com (Bob Sutterfield) >We have, and like, the MicroBat from Eakins Open Systems. Call them at >(800)776-5665 or (415)969-5109. The thing that was not mentioned about the MicroBat is no transceiver cable is required. It plugs straight into the AUI port on Suns. It is also very small, and therefore causes no interference with the other connectors on the back of the computer. We have, and like, the Cabletron transceivers, but they all require a transceiver cable. which obviously adds to the $150 cost of the transceiver. BTW: Educaitonal price on the MicroBat in quantity 1 is $145. Normal quantity 1 pricing is $195. Terry Hull Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University Work: terry@eece.ksu.edu, rutgers!ksuvax1!eecea!terry Play: terry@tah386.manhattan.ks.us, rutgers!ksuvax1!eecea!tah386!terry
ehrlich@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Dan &) (08/04/90)
Regarding the Microbat: One other thing you need to be aware of. It seems that some Sun ethernet interfaces may not have 'pulse isolation transformers'. (I am not sure what they do, but the hardware tech says there important for noise control. :-) Some flavors of MicroBAT don't hve these either. This combination results in a fairly steady stream of 'ieX: No carrier' messages on the console. As there not appear to be model numbers on the different flavor MicroBATs it is not clear how one orders them from Eakins. Dan Ehrlich <ehrlich@cs.psu.edu>/Voice: +1 814 863 1142/FAX: +1 814 865 3176