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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

477.0. "How to Conct FDDI & Ether ???" by TKOV51::AOKI_H (Hiromitsu AOKI, Network Team/SE, Japan DEC) Tue Nov 09 1993 03:32

Our customer would like to interconnect 100Mbps FDDI and 10 Mbps Ethernet.
And they prefer to use GIGAswitch for FDDI and DEChub900 for Ethernet.
To interconnect GIGA and hub900, DECconcentrator900MX(900MX) may be needed, 
and it is released on 15-NOV-93. But I am not sure if it is possible, and if
possible how it works in the following config.:

                     FDDI                         Ethernet
   GIGAswitch ------------------- DEChub900 ---------------------
    			      (900MX)    (90C)

Could someone tell me if above config is right or if there is alternatives ?

---Regards,
---H. Aoki
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477.1Hub does not connect LANS; Line Cards do.QUIVER::SLAWRENCETue Nov 09 1993 11:3410
    The DEChub900 _does_not_ provide any bridging or routing functions, and
    the DECconcentrator900MX is an FDDI concentrator; it does not provide
    any connection to Ethernet.
    
    To interconnect the FDDI and Ethernet in the hub, you need the WGE200
    (sorry, I don't know the external name for it); availability is planned
    for the same time as the DECconcentrator900MX.  If all you want is to
    connect the hub Ethernet(s) to the switch via FDDI, then the WGE200 is
    all you need (not the concentrator), since it has front panel FDDI that
    is bridged to backplane ethernet.
477.2WGE200 or DECbridge 500/600DELNI::ONEILLThu Nov 11 1993 09:379
    correct - you need a 10/100 (Ethernet to FDDI) bridge.  Either the
    DECbridge 500/600 or the new WGE200 for the DEChub 900 is suitable
    devices for this configuration.  The DECconcnetrator 900MX (DEF6X)
    allows connections directly to FDDI (systems, devices, etc)
    
    Regards,
    Sharon O'Neill
    Product Manager DEF6X
    
477.3WGE200LEMAN::CHEVAUXPatrick Chevaux @GEO, DTN 821-4150Fri Nov 12 1993 08:583
    .2�    DECbridge 500/600 or the new WGE200 for the DEChub 900 is suitable
    
    WGE200 ? Can you tell us more about it ?