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From: wallace@cme.nbs.gov (Evan Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Broadband Ethernet: What's out there?
Keywords: V2, Chipcom
Message-ID: <2389@morticia.cme.nbs.gov>
Date: 22 Dec 89 15:48:13 GMT
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Organization: National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
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I am interested in what products exist to provide ethernet service
over broadband (midsplit).  We are mostly a sun shop and would like
this to support diskless nodes, which means coping with 8KB data
bursts.  

We now have some chipcom ethermodems front ended by DEC lanbridges
in special service (supporting two diskless sun based CAD systems).
Our experience when we expanded the user base on this channel was a
catastrophic degradation of service.  These were by no means
rigorous tests and their is no way to isolate the Lanbridges from
the equation; however it does not inspire confidence in this
technology.  

I ask the net:
	What products are available ethernet over broadband? (even just a 
	 vendor name would be helpful)
	What experiences have people had with broadband enet (good and
	bad and be specific)?

If anyone is interested in the results of this info request, send
me a mailgram.

Evan K. Wallace
National Instititute of Standards and Technology

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