Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!darrelj From: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer) Newsgroups: net.lan Subject: Re: mixing 3com and Interlan boards? Message-ID: <1655@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 23:15:13 EST Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1655 Posted: Thu Jan 10 23:15:13 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 03:27:22 EST References: <356@spp2.UUCP> Reply-To: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer) Distribution: net Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica Lines: 23 Summary: Yes, you can intermix Interlan and 3Com on one net (we have Interlan in our VAX, 3Com in one Sun, Sun's own with Xerox chip in another Sun, Xerox in Xerox Lisp machines). At the packet level everybody talks to everybody. At higher levels, not everything talks (much) to everybody else, but that's because of different protocols (a higher-level software issue). That's the whole point of the Ethernet standard--everybodies equipment interconnects. I don't believe 3Com has gone bust, just decided to concentrate on Ethernets for micros; thus the dropping of boards for minis. [There have been reports of some incompatibilities between certain controllers and tranceivers, but once you have a tranceiver which works with the controller to which it is (directly) attached, it talks to every other tranceiver on the net OK] -- Darrel J. Van Buer, PhD System Development Corp. 2500 Colorado Ave Santa Monica, CA 90406 (213)820-4111 x5449 ...{allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,orstcs,sdcsvax,ucla-cs,akgua} !sdcrdcf!darrelj VANBUER@USC-ECL.ARPA