Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!leah!itsgw!steinmetz!uunet!altnet!ernie!animal From: animal@ernie.NECAM.COM (Alan R. Silverman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: ANC connectors Keywords: testing and alternatives Message-ID: <157@ernie.NECAM.COM> Date: 18 Sep 88 21:29:18 GMT Organization: NEC America RATS, San Jose, CA Lines: 38 ANC has moved to Tasman Drive, San Jose. I forgot the actual address and phone number. We have purchased one for testing purposes of running a single diskless node from one server. This highly restricts network growth, but is an excelent solution for small limited applications. Connecting two transceivers to a short length of cable can be expensive and a pain in the butt. A minimum length backbone cable is required. I don't know the length, but its around a hundred or so feet. An alternative that we've used succesfully in the past is a multi- port transciever box made by BICC, Excelan, and I believe Bridge/3Com. We have 2 BICC boxes currently in use ( and very successfully ). It's a small box with 8 transceivers built into it and a connection to a standard ethernet backbone. It is capable of standalone operations in which 8 ethernet devices can communicate as if on a full ethernet. It works great in the computer room where we have many hosts and often like a quick connection to test other devices, etc. The cost of this box is around $1000, which is compatible to the cost of putting together a small ethernet with cable, transceivers, and misc. parts. The best part, is no mess, no fuss. Couldn't be simpler! So much for my two cents. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- ##### ^|- ##### ##### (0 o) Alan R. Silverman ##### ##### (+) NEC America, Inc. ##### ##### =(_)= (408) 922-3814 ##### ##### U aka animal@ernie ##### ##### ##### ##### Ack. Thpth. ##### ##### (trans. " So simple, even I can do it!!") ##### +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-