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Date: Sun 11-Dec-1989 16:18:59 From: Unknown Subject: NeXT as a gateway; second ethernet board Hi! Does anyone know of a third-party ethernet board for the NeXT? We'd like to have a NeXT gatewaying between our campus backbone and a NeXT network, but can't seem to find anyone that sells a second ethernet board. Thanks in advance. Craig --- Craig D. Rice UNIX Systems Specialist cdr@acc.stolaf.edu Academic Computer Center, St. Olaf College +1 507 663-3631 Northfield, MN 55057 USA >From: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
Date: Sun 11-Dec-1989 18:10:14 From: Unknown Subject: Re: NeXT as a gateway; second ethernet board / comp.sys.next / cdr@sachiko.acc.stolaf.edu (Craig D. Rice, St. Olaf College) > Hi! Does anyone know of a third-party ethernet board for the NeXT? > We'd like to have a NeXT gatewaying between our campus backbone and > a NeXT network [...] You can put together a dedicated router for under $900: 1. Get a PC-XT clone with 1 floppy drive and 256K RAM (no hard drive), preferabley 8MHz or higher. 2. Get 2 Western Digital Ethernet cards. 3. Pick up the PCroute program from either accuvax.nwu.edu (anonymous ftp) or uunet.uu.net. If you need higher throughput, you can always go with a faster PC. As far as I know, Phil Karn's KA9Q (did I get the name right?) package can also be used for routing software. At Northwestern, we used to make gateways out of hosts, but found that dedicated routers were much less hassle. And unlike a NeXT, a PC DOES boot back up after a power failure. Jacob
Date: Sun 12-Dec-1989 14:44:41 From: Unknown Subject: Re: NeXT as a gateway; second ethernet board In article <9666@thor.acc.stolaf.edu> cdr@sachiko.acc.stolaf.edu (Craig D. Rice, St. Olaf College) writes: >Hi! Does anyone know of a third-party ethernet board for the NeXT? >We'd like to have a NeXT gatewaying between our campus backbone and >a NeXT network, but can't seem to find anyone that sells a second >ethernet board. Kinetics is supposed to have an ethernet board that will allow thick net connections to the NeXT. This may be your solution.
Date: Sun 14-Dec-1989 17:31:21 From: Unknown Subject: Re: NeXT as a gateway; second ethernet board In article <4474@ur-cc.UUCP> aisl@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Lawrence Landry) writes: >In article <9666@thor.acc.stolaf.edu> cdr@sachiko.acc.stolaf.edu (Craig D. Rice, St. Olaf College) writes: >>Hi! Does anyone know of a third-party ethernet board for the NeXT? >>We'd like to have a NeXT gatewaying between our campus backbone and >>a NeXT network, but can't seem to find anyone that sells a second >>ethernet board. > >Kinetics is supposed to have an ethernet board that will allow thick net >connections to the NeXT. This may be your solution. > I've been told that nobody can ship add-in boards for the NeXT yet, because NeXT hasn't started shipping the nubus interface chip one needs to access the NeXT nubus. Del Armstrong Internet : dela@ee.rochester.edu UUCP : ...allegra!rochester!ur-valhalla!dela Twisted pair: (716) 275-5342 Last resort : Hopeman 407 Electrical Engineering University of Rochester Rochester, N.Y. 14627 +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ >From: pardo@cs.washington.edu (David Keppel)
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