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From: salzman@NMS.HLS.COM (Mike Salzman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: IBM MVS TCP/IP info wanted
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Date: 26 Sep 90 06:03:27 GMT
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Robin at Cal State Chico asks:
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> I do remember reading numerous complaints about the 8232 and praises about
> a product called the ELC from BTI.   We are trying to get rid of the 8232
> and replace it with something else.  Should we get a BTI ELC?  I also
> have literature on the Fibronic's K200 and K2000.  Can anyone compare these
> products to the BTI product in terms of price/performance?
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> 
I happened to do a market survey earlier this year among commercial users
of IBM TCP/IP solutions.  They included users of IBMs software as well
as third party.  The IBM 8232 came in for a lot of abuse, mainly because
of performance, not because of any serious shortcoming.  Users of the BTI
product were quite happy with it.  Users of other systems, including the IBM
8232, told me on two occasions that they wished they had bought it.

Recently IBM announced a new product to replace the 8232, called the 3172.  It 
seems to be more directly engineered for the purpose of frontending a LAN, 
and appears to offer higher performance at lower cost.

I have used none of these products myself, and have no affiliations
with any of the vendors.
 
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