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- From: john@iastate.edu (John Hascall)
- Subject: Re: FDDI on VAX?
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- References: <1992Dec16.143330.26588@linus.mitre.org>
- Distribution: comp.sys.dec
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:50:30 GMT
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- bds@mbunix.mitre.org (Smith) writes:
-
- }I've been told that I could overcome the 2 Ethernet limitation on the
- }DEC 4000 AXP by using an FDDI board in a Futurebus+ slot, then running
- }the FDDI line into a concentrator, then into multiple bridges, with
- }each bridge handling multiple Ethernet ports up to the available
- }bandwidth.
-
- }My question is, could the same be done on the VAX 4000, using one of
- }the Q-Bus slots?
-
- I can't answer your original question, but you might want to consider
- a router with an FDDI interface and `N' ethernet interfaces
- as a possible alternative to a concentrator and `N' FDDI-to-Enet bridges.
-
- John
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