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From: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT as a gateway; second ethernet board
Message-ID: <130046@gore.com>
Date: 11 Dec 89 18:10:14 GMT
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Reply-To: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
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/ comp.sys.next / cdr@sachiko.acc.stolaf.edu (Craig D. Rice, St. Olaf College)
> Hi!  Does anyone know of a third-party ethernet board for the NeXT?
> We'd like to have a NeXT gatewaying between our campus backbone and
> a NeXT network [...]

You can put together a dedicated router for under $900:

	1.  Get a PC-XT clone with 1 floppy drive and 256K RAM (no hard
	    drive), preferabley 8MHz or higher.
	2.  Get 2 Western Digital Ethernet cards.
	3.  Pick up the PCroute program from either accuvax.nwu.edu
	    (anonymous ftp) or uunet.uu.net.

If you need higher throughput, you can always go with a faster PC.

As far as I know, Phil Karn's KA9Q (did I get the name right?) package can
also be used for routing software.

At Northwestern, we used to make gateways out of hosts, but found that
dedicated routers were much less hassle.  And unlike a NeXT, a PC DOES boot
back up after a power failure.

Jacob
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