shore@adobe.com (Andrew Shore) (12/07/88)
We are shopping around for an ethernet-based IP gateways.
Convince me if I'm wrong-headed, but we are interested in dedicated gateway
machines, not slipping another ethernet interface into some general
purpose server (that's what I have now).
I'm interested in hearing accolades and horror stories from YOU on the net.
The devices I'm most interested in currently are from Network Systems
and Cisco. Let me know about these and others too.
I'd like to know about:
price $$
overall performance
ease of installation/use/administration/troubleshooting
reliability
caracteristics (how many ethernets, how much memory, packets/sec...)
special features: i.e., does it act as a gateway/bridge for other
protocol families: DECNET, ETHERTALK, XNS, ???
connections to other physical media: fiber optic, etc.
anything I've missed
I'll summarize for the net if it seems worth it.
--Andy Shore
shore@adobe.com
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