Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!wuarchive!psuvax1!psuvm!ENGR!ARTW From: artw@ENGR.WISC.EDU Newsgroups: bit.listserv.novell Subject: Re: Connecting Two EtherNets ... Message-ID: <9002011459.AA20606@erb1.engr.wisc.edu> Date: 1 Feb 90 13:59:46 GMT Sender: Novell LAN Interest Group Reply-To: Novell LAN Interest Group Lines: 27 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.2 PL10] X-To: NOVELL%SUVM.BITNET@VM1.NoDak.EDU In-Reply-To: <9002011448.AA20220@erb1.engr.wisc.edu>; from "Mark Strandskov" at Feb 1, 90 9:30 am > > We have two individual Ethernets in two separate buildings. We want to > > What would be the best solution in this situation for a bridge? > It depends on how far apart your buildings are. We've been using DEC fiberoptic bridges and repeaters. The nice thing is that they can be used over a good distance and are immune to EMI. The drawback is price. A pair of repeaters is about $3200. A bridge / repeater pair is about $8500. If you haven't used any repeaters in your ethernet lines yet, then the repeat option should work. If you've already used your ethernet quota, then you'll have to use the bridge configuration. Others may sell cheaper bridges and repeaters. One of the nice things about the DEC system is that we can get usage statistics from it, but you need some sort of Vax to do it. Art =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Art Wittmann Phone: (608) 263-1748 Network Manager Email: wittmann@engr.wisc.edu Computer Aided Engineering Center or: wittmann@cae.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin, Madison