jackson@ttidcb.UUCP (Dick Jackson) (12/19/85)
AT&T's Starlan employs Ethernet/802.3 control procedures but uses twisted pair as the transmission medium. Does anyone know how the physical interface is done? E.g. suppose you have a Lance Ethernet chip which normally would talk to an Ethernet transceiver, how would you connect it to the twisted pair? Thanks in advance for answers, Appreciatively, Dick Jackson.
billh@hpcnof.UUCP (01/02/86)
Starlan is going to become part of the IEEE802 Spec. Many implementations will use the Intel 82588 Chip (a sibling to the 82586). The chip uses the systems DMA to send and recv data to the chip. The chip has serial input and output lines running at up to 2 MBits/sec. Call your local Intel rep and ask for info on the chip. The Intel Book "Local Area Networking (LAN) Components User's Manual 1985" has a lot of good info. Bill "Hope this helps" Hayes Hewlett-Packard CNO hplabs!hpfcla!billh