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Conference 7.286::fddi

Title:FDDI - The Next Generation
Moderator:NETCAD::STEFANI
Created:Thu Apr 27 1989
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2259
Total number of notes:8590

718.0. "FDDI-FDDI Bridge??" by GTOWN::GLOCK () Tue Sep 22 1992 17:30

    
    Is there a FDDI-FDDI Bridge/Router available, either from us or from
    a 3rd party (Near future availability is OK).
    
    I am working on a RFP and need to get info on the above, the only
    note that I noticed that had any info was from 1990 (note 87).
    
    
    Thanks for your help.
    
    Karl Glock
    DTN 339-5244
    GTOWN::GLOCK
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718.1KONING::KONINGPaul Koning, A-13683Tue Sep 22 1992 18:464
Talk to the NIS600 product manager about the FDDI line card (not yet
available, I think, but shouldn't be that far away).

	paul
718.2DECNIS 600 comming in NovemberBONNET::LISSDANIELSWed Sep 23 1992 03:5830
The V2.0 software and FDDI support for DECNIS will be announced at 
Interop on October 27. You find the DECNIS notes file on NOTED::DECNIS

You will be able to configure up to three FDDI cards in the DECNIS 600.
(7 option slots available and each FDDI will take up two slots)

Initial performance is rather decent:

	48,000 packets/s going to the ring (e.g. multiple Ethernets feeding)
	40,000 packets/s from the ring
giving average performance of 44,000 packets/s forwarding.

Filtering is ofcourse at the datalink speed.

Throughput will max out around 80Mb/s the developer thinks.

For early quotation in th US - contact

Jim Racquepau (GLDOA::RACQUEPAU) US area marketing
or Diana Larrea (NETWKS::LARREA) Corp Marketing

Torbjorn

European Marketing

PS,

Some time later the FDDI-FDDI-FDDI-FDDI... Switch/bridge GIGAswitch
will also be available. My guess is late Q3 FY93...
718.3DECnis, Proteon, Gigaswitch and Cisco AGS+CTOAVX::BEAULIEUWed Sep 23 1992 14:3014
    Hi,
    
    DECnis is coming, but if you need it today, a PROTEON CNX 500 will do
    FDDI to FDDI NOW. It has been working for about five weeks at my
    customer site with few problems. (they have been all worked out) We are 
    also going to EFT DECNIS FDDI to FDDI bridging at my customer site in a
    production environment. You may want to also check out Gigaswitch since
    it will bridge more than two FDDI rings. Gigaswitch will not be out
    until Q1 1993.  Forget the Cisco AGS+ box, it showed in testing that it
    was a piece of $%#^&% doing FDDI to FDDi bridging. (our DECbridge 620's
    with the E-net post butt ended togther has a faster through put)
    
    Later, Mike Beaulieu