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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

1167.0. "PC NIC Card Questions?" by ANGLIN::CLAYTON (Merlin Clayton DTN 445-7217) Thu Dec 02 1993 10:45

I think I saw a table in the competitive network guide indicating that the 
DWFEA-AA FDDI NIC card supports both UTP and multimode fiber.  However, I 
have not been able find any detail documentation confirming this.  

What kind of media does our FDDI NIC card (DWFEA) support?

Does it ship today with UTP support?

The customer wants to create a Novell Netware FDDI LAN with about 15 PCs and
a super server running Netware V3.12.  Is this driver supported on the DWFEA
(or will it be by the April timeframe)?

Thanks.

Merlin

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1167.1 PC NIC Card Answers! QUIVER::STEFANI Have the # for the Mars Observer? Thu Dec 02 1993 11:32 31

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	>>I think I saw a table in the competitive network guide indicating that the >>DWFEA-AA FDDI NIC card supports both UTP and multimode fiber. However, I >>have not been able find any detail documentation confirming this. >>What kind of media does our FDDI NIC card (DWFEA) support? The card is called "DEFEA" or DEC FDDIcontroller/EISA. The current variants are: DEFEA-AA : Single Attachment Station (SAS) Multimode Fiber DEFEA-DA : Dual Attachment Station (DAS) Multimode Fiber DEFEA-UB : Single Attachment Station UTP/STP (TP-PMD standard) They are all EISA-bus FDDI NICs. >>Does it ship today with UTP support? I believe so, but please get the definitive word from the Product Manager, Sharon Oneill (DELNI::ONEILL). >>The customer wants to create a Novell Netware FDDI LAN with about 15 PCs and >>a super server running Netware V3.12. Is this driver supported on the DWFEA >>(or will it be by the April timeframe)? Absolutely. We already have certified NetWare drivers for both server and DOS clients that work under NetWare 3.12. - Larry Stefani FDDI Adapters Engineering High Performance Networks

>>I think I saw a table in the competitive network guide indicating that the 
>>DWFEA-AA FDDI NIC card supports both UTP and multimode fiber.  However, I 
>>have not been able find any detail documentation confirming this.  
    
>>What kind of media does our FDDI NIC card (DWFEA) support?
    
    The card is called "DEFEA" or DEC FDDIcontroller/EISA.  The current
    variants are:
    
    	DEFEA-AA     : Single Attachment Station (SAS) Multimode Fiber
    	DEFEA-DA     : Dual Attachment Station (DAS) Multimode Fiber
        DEFEA-UB     : Single Attachment Station UTP/STP (TP-PMD standard)
    
    They are all EISA-bus FDDI NICs.

>>Does it ship today with UTP support?

    I believe so, but please get the definitive word from the Product
    Manager, Sharon Oneill (DELNI::ONEILL).
    
>>The customer wants to create a Novell Netware FDDI LAN with about 15 PCs and
>>a super server running Netware V3.12.  Is this driver supported on the DWFEA
>>(or will it be by the April timeframe)?

    Absolutely.  We already have certified NetWare drivers for both server and
    DOS clients that work under NetWare 3.12.
    
       - Larry Stefani
         FDDI Adapters Engineering
         High Performance Networks