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From: karl@naitc.uucp (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Routers/Bridges for long distance
Message-ID: <1990Aug16.193457.5270@naitc.uucp>
Date: 16 Aug 90 19:34:57 GMT
Reply-To: karl@naitc.naitc.com (Karl Denninger)
Organization: A.C. Nielsen Bannockburn, IL
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We're looking to tie together two buildings across a business park.

TCP/IP routing would be easy.  The difficult part is that we need to
support, in addition, IPX, NBP, Netbios, Appletalk (Ethertalk) and possibly
X.25 over the same wires.  

For reasons of safety and sanity we're going to go with fiber, but I am
concerned that the distances invovled will require routers for EACH
protocol that needs to be handled, and these may or may not interoperate.
We can't pull different fiber links for every conceivable need (there's only
so much room in the pipe that we've got between buildings, and cost is an
issue).

Any suggestions welcome!

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