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From: robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Ethernet Terminal Servers?
Message-ID: <320@pvab.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Sep-87 18:01:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: pvab.320
Posted: Fri Sep 11 18:01:57 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 15-Sep-87 01:49:43 EDT
References: <14575@topaz.rutgers.edu> <5054@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: Statskonsult Programvaruhuset AB, Sweden
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In article <5054@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>, danq@sag4.BERKELEY.EDU (Daniel Quinlan) writes:

> It does use the name server which came with Sun's 3.3.  It is packaged
> nicely, rather compact, and has the advantage (if you will have several)
> that it can be configured and booted from a program on the host.  The two
> disadvantages are a) it uses 9-pin connectors, rather than standard 25 
> pin and b) you can't tell whether people are using it from the configuration
> program -- this makes it somewhat inconvenient for rebooting.
> When we compared it to the Bridge box a year and a half ago, the annex
> was more reliable.

Yup. We run all out terminals through the Annex box at 38,400 bps and
have never had any sort of trouble. The only inconvenience is that one
cannot ask the Annex whether there are any users using it currently - as
stated above. The software is being updated about 4 times a year - and there
aren't just bug fixes. Each new release contain *real* new features. The
latest release I installed included a complete security server with access
rights and passwords at several levels. I haven't had time to try it, but
from the manual it seems well tought-out. The next release is said to include
much improved printer support - I can hardly wait... In short - a good buy.
-- 
Robert Claeson, System Administrator, PVAB, Box 4040, S-171 04 Solna, Sweden
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