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From: haas@wasatch.UUCP (Walt Haas)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: high performance, long distance Ethernet bridges
Message-ID: <868@wasatch.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 89 19:36:04 GMT
References: <2369@spdcc.SPDCC.COM>
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
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In article <2369@spdcc.SPDCC.COM>, eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) writes:
> are there other companies producing long distance, high performance
> ethernet bridges out there?  or any users of same?

Yes, Sytek produces an 802.4 over broadband product that works fine.

> as you may have guessed, we have a competitive product like this...
> public feedback on any similar bridges would be appreciated.
> 
> steve elias
> Chipcom Corp.

We were hoping that Chipcom would respond to our RFP for 802.4 bridges,
but they didn't submit a bid, so the contract was awarded to Sytek.

Cheers  -- Walt Haas    haas@cs.utah.edu    ...!utah-cs!haas