stoltz@ida.org (Bill Stoltz) (03/23/89)
OH NO, not again. Somebody trying to get free advice on some products. Sorry! :-( But you have to admit, for real life stories this is a great source of information. How often to you get to praise or condem a product to a complete stranger. I have been talking to various vendors for the last 3 months on different physical media equipment, Like SynOptics, ODS, Du Pont, and Proteon. Now, I would like the truth, or at least your interpretation of it. We have settled on a star topology for the horizontal wiring. We installed some unshieled twisted pair about 3 years ago, for RS 232, that we may reuse, although that is not definite. We will be using Fiber for the Riser connections. I would appreciate any real life information (good, bad, etc) about SynOptics, ODS, Du Pont Fiber Optics for AppleTalk, ProNET-4, ProNET-10, and ProNET-80, or any other comperable products. Sorry NO coax! :-) I have all the product information on all of these, I would like comments like "it works ok, except...." or "I had problems installing ...". Don't feel like you have to give me a technical comparision, Stop right now and tell me how the products you are using are working today, last week, last month. Oh yes, I almost forgot, Please send replies directly to me, and yes I will summarize to anyone interested. Thanks in advance for all the replies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Stoltz Internet: stoltz@ida.org Institute for Defense Analyses 1801 N. Beauregard St. Alexandria, Va 22311 Voice: (703) 845-2119