Reply-To: neil@sbphy.physics.ucsb.edu (Neil Jon Henson)
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We are attempting to connect two SGI machines (PI 4D/35, and Indigo), and Macintosh in a sub-network using "thin-net". Currently, the PI is connected via thick-net Ethernet to the outside world, and we wish to set up a network
in which the PI acts as a server for the other machines.
What hardware do we need to connect the PI both to the thick-net Ethernet and the thin-net simulataneously? We have had a quote from SGI Express at about $2500 for the necessary hardware. This seems rather high as we know that similar hardware for eg. Sun and Mac costs a few hundred dollars.