JJDAVIS@cc.utah.edu (09/07/90)
I could have saved some bandwidth across the western hemisphere if I'd been clearer the first time; I'm looking for solutions that don't involve routing on one of the RISC/6000s. (But I greatly appreciate all replies, particularly from the busy IBM people.) So, if I'm faced with Appletalk <---> plug something distinct in here <---> Ethernet I call Kinetics and order a Fastpath box. But faced with RISC/6000 token ring <---> plug something distinct in here <--> Ethernet I call ? and order a ?. The options I knew about before posting my first message were "call IBM and order an 8232 and a VM host", but that's a bit expensive. Or "call DEC and order their token ring to Ethernet product," but it's not clear that's really a solution. One person suggested running a standalone PC with Phil Karn's TCP/IP code. That's an interesting possibility, given today's PC clone prices. But aren't there any IBM/DEC/Yoyodyne off-the-shelf, standalone solutions (that don't involve mainframes and minidisks)? Seems like a fairly obvious market niche... In the meantime I'll call the English department and order a course in clearer writing! Jim Davis Utah Supercomputing Institute davis@math.utah.edu (preferred) jjdavis@cc.utah.edu
drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com (09/09/90)
In article <91052@cc.utah.edu> JJDAVIS@cc.utah.edu writes: > >RISC/6000 token ring <---> plug something distinct in here <--> Ethernet > >I call ? and order a ?. IBM sells a standalone Token Ring to Ethernet bridge; I think it's the 8208. And there are a number of vendors that sell stand-alone IP routers that can handle both Token Ring and Ethernet ... I know Cisco sells such a box, and I'm sure there are many other vendors. You might move this into comp.protocols.tcp-ip to get the widest range of opinions on the subject. Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center Internet: drake@ibm.com BITNET: DRAKE at ALMADEN Usenet: ...!uunet!ibmarc!drake Phone: (408) 927-1861