Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!oberon!sdcrdcf!burdvax!bbking!rmarks From: rmarks@bbking.PRC.Unisys.COM (richard marks) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Smart Ethernet boards Message-ID: <608@bbking.PRC.Unisys.COM> Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 09:54:24 EDT Article-I.D.: bbking.608 Posted: Thu Jul 9 09:54:24 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 10:44:40 EDT References: <283@sering.cwi.nl> <8212@utzoo.UUCP> <8255@utzoo.UUCP> <2302@ames.arpa> <13203@topaz.rutgers.edu> Organization: Unisys/Knowledge Systems Organization, Bluebell, PA Lines: 9 Obviously if one is running a multiprocessing terminal server (eg Unix type box) you want to off-load as much TCP and IP processing to some other board. The real discussion is how well currently available boards work. My concern is the use of smart boards on a single processing remote terminal such as a PC. Is the smart Excellan board worth $600 more than the dumb 3com board (the board is $300 more but it requires an external transceiver). The Excellan salesman laughed at me when I posed this question but gave no data. 3com however, only recommends their smart board for use in servers.