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From: root@naucse.UUCP (Paul Balyoz)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Token & Ethernet: Apollo gateway?
Keywords: token ring ethernet network apollo prism gateway
Message-ID: <1508@naucse.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jun 89 00:34:55 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
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Net-friends, I am wondering about compatibility of Token Ring
vs. Thick Ethernet for use with TCP/IP.  Specifically, if I buy
Apollo's highend workstation (Prism/10000?) and want to local-net
other apollos via Token Ring, I will still want to use this big
workstation as a gateway to other existing Ethernets on campus.
We will be using the standard unix O.S.'s that come with the Apollo.

Questions:
     *	Can this Apollo act as a normal gateway, assuming I buy
	the two different network interfaces for it (token, ether)?
     *	Will the specially designed Apollo protocols still function
	properly (such as NCS) on the Token Ring LAN, along with the
	standard Internet services such as mail-delivery, ftp, telnet,
	name serving, etc. ?
     *	Is anyone doing anything similar to this, currently?
     *	If this won't work, would using Ethernet all around be a
	possible solution, albeit a little slower?

I don't have much Token Ring experience/knowledge, but have been
using Ethernet for some time now.  All machines run Unix & TCP/IP.
We will eventually have Internet access, but currently only have
campus-wide ethernet.  Token ring would only encompass Apollo
workstations, nothing else.

All responses will be gratefully acknowledged!  Thanks.

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