artw@ENGR.WISC.EDU (02/01/90)
> > We have two individual Ethernets in two separate buildings. We want to > > What would be the best solution in this situation for a bridge? > It depends on how far apart your buildings are. We've been using DEC fiberoptic bridges and repeaters. The nice thing is that they can be used over a good distance and are immune to EMI. The drawback is price. A pair of repeaters is about $3200. A bridge / repeater pair is about $8500. If you haven't used any repeaters in your ethernet lines yet, then the repeat option should work. If you've already used your ethernet quota, then you'll have to use the bridge configuration. Others may sell cheaper bridges and repeaters. One of the nice things about the DEC system is that we can get usage statistics from it, but you need some sort of Vax to do it. Art =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Art Wittmann Phone: (608) 263-1748 Network Manager Email: wittmann@engr.wisc.edu Computer Aided Engineering Center or: wittmann@cae.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin, Madison
34HLEFG@CMUVM.BITNET (Mark Strandskov) (02/01/90)
We have two individual Ethernets in two separate buildings. We want to be able to have some connection which will allow, at this time, only two people with Sun workstations to communicate back and forth. In the future they the university might decide to put in a campus Ethernet backbone which would eliminate this link but we need a simple solution now. A wire already exists between the two buildings which we could use for a sync 56 Kbaud line running between two Northern Telecom Datapath units (modems of sort). What would be the best solution in this situation for a bridge? Unfortunately I don't know the current amount of the grant. Any good solutions or recommendations would be appreciated. I need the info as soon as possible. Product names, prices and experiences would be helpful too. Thanks, Mark... 34HLEFG@CMUVM.BITNET