Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.tcp-ip:6673 comp.dcom.lans:2633 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!ames!amdahl!pacbell!att!chinet!les From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Super Cheap IP router (< $1000) Message-ID: <8127@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 4 Apr 89 22:19:13 GMT References: <583@accuvax.nwu.edu.NWU.EDU> <1989Apr4.000727.2759@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) Followup-To: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix Lines: 12 In article <1989Apr4.000727.2759@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: > >Was there some reason not to just use the Phil Karn ("KA9Q") TCP/IP >for the PC/XT/AT/...? I can't see any reason why Phil's stuff wouldn't >make a perfectly good router; were you aware of its existence? Is there anything similar for OSI protocols? I would like to split a 1 Megabit starlan into at least 2 sub-nets but the only thing I have seen to connect them would be to put 10-1 bridges back to back (at about $4500 each). A PC with two boards sounds a lot nicer. Les Mikesell