bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) (11/06/89)
>Anybody know of an easy way to connect a Sun 3/60 with a Thin ether board >to a Thick ethernet? I know we can get a repeater that will connect a thin >segment to a thick segment for under $1k, but I was hoping there might be >a cheaper solution. The 3/60 supports both thick and thin ethernet, there's a dipswitch that has to be set on the CPU board. If for some reason you can't do that you can buy thin/thick adaptors from people like Cabletron (I'd guess, or moral equivalent) for around $200. -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die, Purveyors to the Trade | bzs@world.std.com 1330 Beacon St, Brookline, MA 02146, (617) 739-0202 | {xylogics,uunet}world!bzs
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) (11/08/89)
In article <2640@brazos.Rice.edu> wugate!wuarchive!sharkey!hfhrv!brian@uunet.uu.net (Brian A. Wolfe) writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 180, message 7 of 15 >Anybody know of an easy way to connect a Sun 3/60 with a Thin ether board >to a Thick ethernet? I know we can get a repeater that will connect a thin >segment to a thick segment for under $1k, but I was hoping there might be >a cheaper solution. 3/60's support both thin and thick ethernet on the CPU board. (So do 3/50's) The new models don't (I wish they did, but that's another flame). To enable one port or another, there is a switch on the CPU board. On a 3/60, it is labeled EXT/UR and is a single position on the dipswitch that also sets memory size. On the 3/50, there is a dipswitch, and ALL switches must be one way or another. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254