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From: smb@ulysses.UUCP (Steven Bellovin)
Newsgroups: net.dcom,net.lan
Subject: Comments solicited on UNIBUS Ethernet boards
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Date: Mon, 18-Mar-85 13:53:22 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 18 13:53:22 1985
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We need to buy a few more Ethernet boards for gateway machines, and
the choices don't seem too appealing.  3Com boards, aside from their
UNIBUS oddities, are no longer made.  The Interlan NI1010A is obsolete
(and may have been discontinued); besides, I'm reliably informed that
bugs on that board prevent it from communicating with some other Ethernet
gear we have.  I don't know of a 4.2 driver for the new Interlan board;
besides, it's new, and hence I don't trust it.  The Excelan board seems
nice, but it's expensive, it's geared towards putting TCP on-board, and
I can't do that with a gateway machine.  Besides, the only 4.2 driver
I've seen for it doesn't use those features.  Ours DEUNAs work well, but
they're power hogs, well-suited for making toast while sending packets.

Comments or suggestions?  It might be better to post any discussion; I know
I'm not the only one with these questions.

		--Steve Bellovin