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- From: Jeff@digtype.airage.com (Jeff Wasilko)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,comp.dcom.sys.cisco
- Subject: Need advice on wide area networking
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 21:40:07 EST
- Organization: Univ of Fnord; Roslyn's Cafe Div.
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- We need to connect our two offices (which are about 5 miles apart)
- together. We run a mix of TCP/IP and Appletalk. The remote site will
- have 3 or 4 NCD Xterminals, a couple of printers (hung off the NCDs)
- and 5 or 6 Macs. The Macs will be doing light work over the remote
- connection (printing, opening and saving small docs to the fileserver,
- email, etc). We could eventually end up with 6 or so Xterminals and
- 10 macs.
-
- A 56kb line is the same installation cost as a T1, and the monthly difference
- is only $250/mo ($250/mo for a 56kb line, $500/mo for a T1). What
- kind of demands does X place on the network? Will a 56kb line be sufficent,
- or should we jump to the T1? Our X users are using them as terminal
- replacements, and they're also running WordPerfect and Lotus on our
- Sun.
-
- I'm also looking for suggestions for routers. I'm familiar (by reputation
- only) with cisco (or is it Cisco this week?). What else should I consider?
- Is bridging worth considering, too? What should I look for in a good
- CDU/DSU? Are the all the same, or are there large differences from
- manufacturer to manufacture?
-
- Thanks in advance,
-
- Jeff
-
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- Jeff's Oasis at Home. Jeff can also be reached at work at:
- jwasilko@airage.com
- "A system admin's life is a sorry one. The only advantage he has over
- Emergency Room doctors is that malpractice suits are rare. On the other
- hand, ER doctors never have to deal with patients installing new versions
- of their own innards!" -Michael O'Brien
-