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From: morgan@Jessica.stanford.edu (RL "Bob" Morgan)
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Subject: Re: RetixGate 2244 MAC Bridge - (nf)
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Date: 8 Jul 88 22:04:01 GMT
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We have used one of the Retix bridges and found it to be as
advertized: a no-frills bridge implementation with "medium"
performance at an amazingly low price.  The question of whether 6000
packets/sec forwarding is "good enough" (versus a DEC LANbridge's
stated 12,000?) is a tricky one.  We tested the bridge between a number
of Sun clients and their server with no apparent ill effects.

They are coming out with a bridge management package that runs on a PC
and is ISO-based.  Haven't seen it, but it looks like an interesting
design, and it should greatly increase the value of the product.  Any
network box without management hooks is an invitation to headaches.

- RL "Bob" Morgan
  Networking Systems
  Stanford