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From: pnessutt@nis.mn.org (Robert A. Monio)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Lattisnet/Ethernet over Twisted Pai
Summary: Address request, Information?
Keywords: Ethernet, LattisNet, 802.3, Synoptics, Excelan, SYNTAX
Message-ID: <5071@nis.mn.org>
Date: 20 Feb 89 15:38:07 GMT
References: <98@cs.columbia.edu> <114400001@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <1689@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>
Reply-To: pnessutt@nis.mn.org (Robert A. Monio)
Organization: National Information Services (Div. of NCS), Burnsville
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In article <1689@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> digennar@umbc3.umbc.edu.UMBC.EDU (Mr. Jerry DiGennaro) writes:
>The firm I work for has two and ahalf buildings running LattisNet at
>this time.  We have over 15 Novell file servers, 1 VAX 8810, a Wang
>7310, and 250+ PCs running on it.  We plan to put several Tandems,
>several Perkin Elmers, an IBM 4341, and anything else we can think of on
>this Ethernet.

Could someone send me the address and phone number of the company that
vendors LattisNet?  Our company is presently looking for some
methodology that we could utilize to connect our PC's, Unix Boxes, and
4381 together.  We are presently using EXOS 201's to connect our Unix
machines, but we are now looking at expanding our ethernet to include
PC's, scanners, and the 4381.  I'm presently collecting information on
companies that vendor Network software and I would be happy if someone
could send along the address and phone number to me.

On a further note:  Has anyone had any luck/success with the SMB File
Server from SYNTAX, Inc.?  Apparently they have a NFS-Compatible
File/Server that will allow us to network our Tower Unix boxes with
our PC's over the Ethernet.  Why not use NFS instead, you say?  Well,
we're forced to go this route because NCR hasn't bothered to keep up
with the rest of the world in regards to it's Unix Releases.  Even
though I'm a CVT site for OS:03.00.00, I still regard the timeframes I
have for implentation as something that won't work with the expected
delivery dates on NCR's networking solutions.  Since SYNTAX advertises
that it's SMB server is NFS compatible this may be the solution for
us.  Anyone else care to share anything with me about similar
situations?  I would prefer email, but if enough response is
generated, I will post a summary here.

Thanks.

 -Bob

-- 
 Robert A. Monio
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