Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ogicse!decwrl!ucbvax!CAYMAN.COM!brad
From: brad@CAYMAN.COM
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: KFatPath: Reliability?
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Date: 14 Jul 90 13:20:50 GMT
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>> Date: 13 Jul 90 23:25:02 GMT
>> From: uc!cs.umn.edu!kksys!orbit!pnet51!max@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu  (Max Tardiveau)
>> Organization: People-Net [pnet51], Minneapolis, MN.
>> Subject: Re: KFatPath: Reliability?
>>
>> Well, I'm glad to see that I am not alone in this situation.
>> I have had serious problems with my FastPath 4 too. I had to
>> return it twice, and now it is working almost perfectly, but not
>> quite. It still looses zones once in a while.
>> MacUser had a test comparing routers recently, and they chose
>> the FastPath 4 over Gatorbox and others. That doesn't say much
>> for these others .

Woa! I will take issue with this. I submit that your problems with the
KFPS-4 were hardware related. The MacUser article said *nothing* about
hardware reliability. It focused on the speed and consistancy of appletalk
routing.

Something to remember: Software is field upgradable with a GatorBox; It
comes on a diskette. Hardware reliability can not be retro-fitted. 

(disclaimer: I work for cayman - I have a vested interested in this issue)

-brad