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From: alawlor@dit.ie (Aengus Lawlor)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Info need on TCP/IP Gateways (costs, uses)
Message-ID: <7259.25e124de@dit.ie>
Date: 20 Feb 90 11:07:10 GMT
Organization: Dublin Institute of Technology
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I posted this last week, but we had some failures here, and I'm not sure if it
got out. Apologies if you have already seen it.


Hi, I need some information on TCP/IP gateways.
Currently our LAN only carries XNS traffic, and is connected via a Bridge
Communications GS/300 gateway to a remote Vax over 4 leased lines. We are
considering adding some UN*X boxes to our LAN, and putting a TCP/IP gateway on
a spare line to handle this traffic.

Can anybody give me ballpark figures on this type of hardware (I'll just
multiply US figures by 2), or, more importantly, tell me if I seem to be making
a big mistake. I really am in the dark about exactly what's involved here.

-- 
Aengus Lawlor    Dept of Computer Science.           Time flies like an arrow,
ALAWLOR@DIT.IE   Dublin Institute of Technology.     Fruit-flies like a banana
                 Kevin Street. Dublin 8. Ireland.