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From: morgan@Jessica.stanford.edu (RL "Bob" Morgan)
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Subject: Re: Starlan-eternet gateways  ?
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Date: 4 Oct 88 00:09:35 GMT
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ludey@umbio.MIAMI.EDU (Lanny Udey) writes:

> Does anyone know if anyone makes a starlan-to-eternet gateway similar
> to the Kinetics fastpath for Appletalk-ethernet?

The RetixGate Local Bridge is a series of 802.3 bridges where each
side is configurable to either Ethernet or StarLan.  The 2244 is
15-pin Ethernet or StarLan, the 2255 is BNC (thin) Ethernet or
StarLan.  They're cheap (list $1755 for the 2244), fast enough for
most environments (claimed 10K packets/sec for monitor, 6K for
transfer), and the several we've used have worked fine.  You can get a
network-manageable version for $500 more, but the manager software
(which runs on a PC) is as of yet exquisitely awful.

I have no connection with Retix, other than their having given me a
few posters.  You can reach them at 213-399-2200 in the People's
Republic of Santa Monica.

 - RL "Bob" Morgan
   Networking Systems
   Stanford