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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1632.1 | Yes | NETCAD::PAGLIARO | Rich Pagliaro, Hub Products Group | Fri Oct 28 1994 11:08 | 4 |
| Yes the DECrepeater 90TS does provide IP Services for the DEChub 900
-Rich
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| 1632.2 | Shipping ? | DPDMAI::DAVIES | Mark, SCA Area Network Consultant | Fri Oct 28 1994 11:38 | 6 |
| Is it shipping yet?
Thanks,
Mark
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| 1632.3 | DECrepeaters 90TS and 90FS are shipping | NETCAD::PAGLIARO | Rich Pagliaro, Hub Products Group | Fri Oct 28 1994 13:11 | 11 |
| Yes the DECrepeater 90TS is shipping. The DECrepeater 90FS is another
currently shipping DEChub 90 form-factor repeater which provides IP
services for the DEChub 900MS. The DECrepeater 90TS will only allow
you to connect your hub filled with DECserver 900s to your external
Ethernet via 10Base-T links. The DECrepeater 90FS will allow you to
connect to your external Ethernet via 10Base-FL and AUI.
Regards,
Rich
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| 1632.4 | utp to thinwire?? | DPDMAI::DAVIES | Mark, SCA Area Network Consultant | Fri Oct 28 1994 14:25 | 18 |
| One another hurdle to jump.
These folks have been using some DEChub 90s. Everything in this
building is THINWIRE and the DEChub 90 has DR90Cs a dn a DECbridge 90
in it.
They want to connect the DEChub 900 to the thin wire network, but there
will only be a DR90TS (utp) in the DEChub 900.
Is their an easy/clean way to connect a utp DEChub 900 to this type of
thinwire environment?
Any suggestions appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark
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| 1632.5 | You want cheap or expensive? | ROGER::GAUDET | Because the Earth is 2/3 water | Fri Oct 28 1994 14:44 | 19 |
| Sure, there are several ways:
Cheapest (no hub slots consumed):
Got a spare DECrepeater 90T lying around? Just connect it standalone with
the ThinWire into the top of the module (T-connection and terminator) and a UTP
connection off the front panel to the 90TS in the hub.
Next to cheapest (one hub slot consumed):
Stick a DECrepeater 90C or DECbridge 90 in the hub and connect the ThinWire
directly.
Pretty expensive (and one hub slot consumed):
Wait for the DECrepeater 900CP and pay for 15 more ThinWire ports than you need.
:-(
...Roger...
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| 1632.6 | DEFMI + DECXM | NETCAD::HERTZBERG | History: Love it or Leave it! | Fri Oct 28 1994 14:53 | 5 |
| This last requirement is a good argument to use the DEFMI rather
than the DETMI... it has a front-panel AUI port so you could put a
thinwire MAU on there and bring the thinwire in that way. If you don't
care too much about trading the TMI's 8 TP ports for the FMI's 2 fiber
ports, this might be the way to go... that MAU is a pretty cheap beast.
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| 1632.7 | thanks. | DPDMAI::DAVIES | Mark, SCA Area Network Consultant | Fri Oct 28 1994 15:18 | 9 |
| Thanks for all the responses. Today has been a very hectic day and I
didn't really sit down and think about this connectivity question
before I entered it into the note. Once I say the responses a felt a
little dumb, or maybe frazilled (sp?) is a better term.
Anyways, thanks a lot.
Mark
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| 1632.8 | Another Suggestion | MSDOA::REED | John Reed @CBO, DTN:367-6463, KB4FFE, SouthEast | Mon Oct 31 1994 13:57 | 13 |
| There is always the "twister", which is a repeater with two built-in
MAU's. One side has a 10BaseT RJ45 jack, and the other side has a
standard BNC 10Base2 port. It requires power from an externally
mounted transformer, so you need to place it near an AC outlet. The
twister is described in the "CDB" Fall 93 OPEN DECconnect catalog on
page 5-35. It's DEC part number is E0-TWIST-01, and it costs around
$350.00US. You can attach one side directly to a 10BaseT port in the
DECrepater900tm, and run Coax from the DEChub90 thinwire port into the
other side. I don't recall if the twister performs the MDI-X function
or not, so you may need flip cable.
JR
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