parker@uunet.uu.net (Ross Parker) (06/27/90)
In article <9281@brazos.Rice.edu>, ericd@ms.uky.edu (Eric B. Durbin) writes: |>Has anyone had good/bad experiences with ethernet terminal servers used |>with a SUN SPARCserver? I recall there are known problems with the Vista |>terminal server. I need more vendor names and telephone numbers, cause |>I've only been able to find two: Artecon and Lantronix. We've had opportunity to look at three different TCP/IP terminal servers recently, but have only a little experience with any of them. The three companies are Cisco, Xylogics, and Emulex. From what we saw, the Xylogics box was superior to the others in configurability and speed, and was competitive in price/port. The Cisco was pretty fast, but was expensive and was very bizarre to configure. The Emulex was ho-hum - no surprises, not too expensive, and did the job ok. I would definitely recommend the Xylogics over the other two, and probably the Emulex second. I would only buy the Cisco if you needed really fast throughput and couldn't get the Xylogics. I don't have addresses on hand for any of these companies, but could probably find them if you need them. Ross Parker parker@mpre.mpr.ca (604)293-5495 uunet!ubc-cs!mpre!parker