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From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.lan
Subject: Re: Advice sought on VAX UNIX Ethernet/TCP-IP
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Date: Mon, 20-Oct-86 14:22:08 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 20 14:22:08 1986
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In article <223@rabbit1.UUCP>, barber@rabbit1.UUCP (Steve Barber) writes:
> We are going to set up an Ethernet between our two 11/750 VAXen
> running BSD 4.3

The 4.3 operating system has TCP/IP and Ethernet support support
included that will work just fine.  It is likely to be the most
reliable of any of the solutions that you have proposed and it is
easy to set up.  It by far provides the largest functionality.

The only option is to decide which Ethernet interface to use.

My personal favorite is the Interlan NI1010A board.  Very reliable.
and small (one hex module).

Others are

DEUNA (DEC) - fine except you can't use it in the 750's main UNIBUS
rack as it draws too much power.  It is also two HEX modules so it
takes up a little more space.

EXCELAN - The Excelan board can be run in dumb mode (bypassing it's
on board TCP/IP.  It's just a tad slower than the Interlan board but
we use it on a few machines here.  It's a single quad module I believe.

-Ron