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From: jbm@Apple.COM (Jennifer B. Minge)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm
Subject: IBM 3172
Message-ID: <47348@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Dec 90 17:41:46 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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   Does anyone have any information on the new IBM 3172 controller?  
I have heard that it supports both a token ring network and an ethernet
network.  If it acts as a gatweay to the mainframe for a tokenring network,
then is it equivalent to the MS-DOS PC Lan Gateway or OS/2 Lan Manager?
Does it require either of these two programs in order to make a connection
to the mainframe.  Does it support Netbios?
   If anyone has any information on the 3172 or is currently using this
device, I would appreciate hearing from you.  Thanks.


Jennifer Minge
Network System Engineer
Apple Computer