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From: hayes@blaise.trl.OZ.AU (Mark Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: LAN conformance testing
Message-ID: <2854@trlluna.trl.oz>
Date: 25 Mar 91 03:35:58 GMT
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Reply-To: hayes@blaise.trl.OZ.AU (Mark Hayes)
Organization: Telecom Research Laboratories, Melbourne, Australia
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Does anyone know of any test equipment or test laboratories which
perform conformance tests on IEEE 802.3 and 802.5 equipment? 

I have been asked by a colleague if it was possible to buy a test
instrument which would plug into the AUI/MAU/MIC and then perform a
series of tests to ensure transmit/receive levels are within spec,
transmit clock is in spec, collisions/lost tokens are handled
correctly, etc. The aim is to submit a LAN product (eg. a bridge) for
testing and then get a Pass/Fail result. I know of products which
exist for X.25 but I know of none for the LAN standards. Failing the
availability of any instrument, are then any labs (hopefully in
Australia) which do LAN conformance tests?

Cheers,
mdh

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Mark Hayes					Research Labs,
m.hayes@trl.oz.au				Telecom Australia