craig@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Craig Hubley) (08/12/88)
In a few weeks, I will be working on installing a very heterogenous network
at the Banff Fine Arts Centre Computer Media Lab. Needless to say, our
equipment will be chosen for what we can get and does what we want, *not*
how well it connects to everything else. It's more or less a side issue.
All the same, we will be stuck with sysadminning this mess, and moving files
and every other such thing, and so I ask:
Who has set up a highly heterogenous network before ? What protocols
did you use ? What cabling did you run it over ? What was the most
common problem and/or biggest headache you had with the thing ? Lack
of vendor knowledge/support ? Having to write custom hacks between
things ? Any any any experiences at all.
What we are thinking of doing is installing AppleShare for what is likely
to be a fair number of Macs, an Ethernet for everything else, and letting
everything talk its own Ethernet protocol as it likes. For highest-level
connectivity, we were thinking of Apollo NCS, where it's available, just
because its able to move files between almost anything, and can deal with
a zillion protocol types. Good idea ?
Anyone who's ever hooked up three or more incompatible things please help.:-)
Please mail and I will summarize results, if enough and interesting.
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Craig Hubley
craig@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu
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