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From: macomber@poe.Berkeley.EDU ( Robert Macomber)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Questions about FDDI...
Keywords: FDDI, ANTC, Testing, UNH, SMT
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.172745.379@berlioz.nsc.com>
Date: 14 Jun 91 17:27:45 GMT
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UNH publishes a test suite and distributes it to IOL members, but I'm
not sure if it is
being distributed beyond that audience.  Without getting into lots of
specifics... the
UNH test suite covers a range of inter-operability areas:  PMD Layer,
PHY layer, MAC layer,
Physical Connection Management (PCM), trace (initiation, termination,
propagation), 
numerous SMT frame tests, some IP level tests, ...  

The IOL is a great place for engineering folks to wring out their
implementations in a 
stress-free environment. Also, the IOL has acted as a catylst for
positive, multi-vendor
cooperation by hosting large ring testing events and pre-Hot staging for
InterOp.  

More information about the University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Lab
can obtained from Barry Reinhold (bbr@unh.edu), the manager of the IOL.

The official address of the IOL is:

	InterOperability Lab
	University of New Hampshire
	Research Computing Center
	SERB, Rm. 332
	Durham, New Hampshire  03824-3525
	(603) 862-4519


Robert L. Macomber MS 11-21   (Advanced Communications Group - FDDI)
National Semiconductor Corp.  Internet: macomber@thoreau.NSC.COM
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