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- From: dcarr@gandalf.ca (Dave Carr)
- Subject: Re: Microcom B-Routers (TCP/IP)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.124525.917@gandalf.ca>
- Organization: Gandalf Data Ltd.
- References: <1992Jul21.222325.27762@greco-prog.fr>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 12:45:25 GMT
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- In <1992Jul21.222325.27762@greco-prog.fr> simon@geocub.greco-prog.fr writes:
-
- >Microcom (the guys who did MNP 4,5 etc.) make a router consisting of a
- >PC, LAN cards, WAN cards and software.
-
- >Up until recently they only routed IPX, and bridged everything else.
- >A new version of the software now routes TCP/IP also.
-
- >The interesting part of this package is that it will do 4:1 (max) data
- >compression before sending data out through the WAN link. Of course to
- >be able to do this, you have to have a Microcom router on the other end.
-
- >Is anyone who has used this product willing to comment on :
-
- >- reliability,
- >- performance
- >- bugs?
- >- security features (filtering addresses, ports...)
- >- interoperability with routers from other vendors
-
- >As far as I know this is the only router which does compression on
- >the whole packet, others only do TCP/IP header compression. If there are
- >any other alternatives I would like to hear about them.
-
- We make a COMPRESSION BRIDGE. We don't max out at 4:1. That's the
- typical performance however. Dual 64K links, and soon 256K or 384K.
- Currently requires our bridge at remote, but PPP interoperability
- in the works.
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