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- From: jmccombi@bbn.com (Jon McCombie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: PB->Ethernet sol'ns summary
- Date: 18 Dec 1992 22:04:36 GMT
- Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
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- Reply-To: jmccombi@bbn.com. (Jon McCombie)
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- Thank you to the several people who helped me out on this question with a
- reply. Your time is appreciated. Here is a summary of the responses I
- rec'd to my question "How should I connect my PowerBook to an Ethernet."
-
- Several companies make boxes that connect your PowerBook to an Ethernet.
- You can use either the SCSI port or a serial port ("modem" or
- "printer"). The price appears to be around $300-$400 plus MacTCP (about
- $100 more, if you don't have it already). The SCSI solution is usually
- prefered because the serial port bandwidth is limited to somewhere
- around 300 kbps; the theoretical limit on the SCSI is 5 Mbps.
- Considerations of other items you choose to hang off the SCSI port may
- affect whether you want to do your Ethernet through SCSI or serial port.
-
- Some specific comments:
-
- Don't buy an Asante, "I've heard bad things about them."
-
- If you haven't already bought the PowerBook, buy a PowerBook Duo, as it
- is much more easily expandable.
-
- Use the DaynaPort E/Z (for a serial port) or the Dayna SCSI Link 3PB.
- Both work fine.
-
- Focus Technologies and Nuvolink (?) make boxes that seem to work OK.
-
- The Daynaport E/Z "works fine for me."
-
- The Asante box works but is slow, the commenter is not sure whether
- this is because of PowerBook limitations or because the Ethernet box is
- slow.
-
- That about covers it. Thanks to all that replied.
-
- Jon
- jmccombie@bbn.com
-