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From: ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Better UB Ethernet software?
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Date: 12 Aug 90 19:02:04 GMT
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My department seems to be teetering on the brink of disaster.  Six months ago
we were encouraged to purchase Ungermann-Bass ethernet cards for PCs and PS/2s.
What we didn't know was that this company's cards are so proprietary, only PCs
containing UB cards can access a server that also contains an UB card.  This
means that we are locked into relatively high-priced UB hardware, while other
departments are investing in lower-cost and better-supported generic cards
(3Com, WD).  My question is this:  Does any software exist out there that will
support a UB server, while allowing the same services to non-UB ethernet cards?

Other areas of interest:  Could the server's card be replaced with a non-UB
card, new network software installed, and have the UB-based PCs use its 
services?  In this manner, we could make the network more flexible and useful.

Eric