Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!mailrus!husc6!hscfvax!pavlov From: pavlov@hscfvax.harvard.edu (G.Pavlov) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Linking Ethernets with Serial Lines Summary: ACC ethernet-to-ethernet Keywords: Ethernet Serial Links Message-ID: <585@hscfvax.harvard.edu> Date: 25 Jun 88 15:25:30 GMT References: <1808@van-bc.UUCP> <60@stanton.TCC.COM> Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University Lines: 17 In article <60@stanton.TCC.COM>, donegan@stanton.TCC.COM (Steven P. Donegan) writes: > >Try checking out the ACC-4030 (Advanced Computer Communications) remote bridge. > Protocol independant, has 6 connectors which can support up to 4 low speed > modems (0-19.2k) or up to 2 high speed (56/64k) modems. Theses work GREAT! > We have been considering these. Would you please elaborate ? In particular, filtering ability, how close to true protocol independence, and performance. Regarding performance, if tcp/ip or Decnet being used, how many sessions can be handled on a 9600-baud connection before echoplex shows insufferable "sponginess" ? many thanks, greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny (P.S.: if anyone has had experience with these, and is willing to talk about it directly, please send me message with phone number, so that I can call you).