[comp.sys.amiga.hardware] EtherNet boards and software?

aduncan@rhea.trl.oz (Allan Duncan) (04/18/91)

I'm seeking out the collected wisdom on the ethernet boards for the
Amiga, and their associated s/ware.  I've heard mutterings that some of
the s/ware is not as bullet proof as desired, but don't know which it
applies to.

Allan Duncan	ACSnet	a.duncan@trl.oz
(+613) 541 6708	ARPA	a.duncan%trl.oz.au@uunet.uu.net
		UUCP	{uunet,hplabs,ukc}!munnari!trl.oz.au!a.duncan
Telecom Research Labs, PO Box 249, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.

dhansen@amiganet.chi.il.us (Dave Hansen) (04/21/91)

>I'm seeking out the collected wisdom on the ethernet boards for the
>Amiga, and their associated s/ware.  I've heard mutterings that some of
>the s/ware is not as bullet proof as desired, but don't know which it
>applies to.
>
>Allan Duncan	ACSnet	a.duncan@trl.oz
>(+613) 541 6708	ARPA	a.duncan%trl.oz.au@uunet.uu.net
>		UUCP	{uunet,hplabs,ukc}!munnari!trl.oz.au!a.duncan
>Telecom Research Labs, PO Box 249, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.
I've used the Hydra Systems AmiNet, the AmeriStar Ethernet, and Commodore's
AS225 software.  Commodore's software is the more bulletproof of the three
from my experiences.  Since upgrading the 16 Amiga systems that my programmers
use at work from the AmeriStar to the CBM software, the guru-per-day has gone
down from 5/day to 0/day.  AmiNet works OK, it is the more friendly of the
ethernet software, but it is only Amiga to Amiga.  It can coexist on a TCP/IP
ethernet, but will not communicate with internet protocol.  I would like the
CBM software to support a remote printer SPL: device as the Aminet does, then
I'll remove the AmiNet boards.

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