Twisted pair (StarLan) to ThinNet
Steve Urbach
urbach at ntmtv.UUCP
Sat Apr 7 02:40:33 AEST 1990
>From article <405 at ohsuhcx.ohsu.edu>, by bj at ohsuhcx.ohsu.edu (Bill Jackson):
> Has anyone found a good way to bring ThinNet into a twisted pair (StarLan)
> network? I have a campus network based on StarLan components from ...
We have a Centrecom 2900 Smart Brige box from Allied Telisis that briges
and traffic routes Thick Ether/Starlan to another Thick Ether/Starlan.
Their catalog shows a model 2920 which has Thin/Thick/Starlan to
Thin/Thick/Starlan. BTW both these boxes are made by RETIX. BlackBox
shows a Thick/Thin version of this package. Price about $2-3K depending
on version and label.
If you want to talk to their sales critter:
Allied Telesis
Mountain View, Ca
(415) 964-2771
> Is the problem a lack of a twisted pair standard? The Synoptics stuff was all
> billed for their LatticeNet stuff - is this not the same as StarLan?
NO definately not the same stuff. STARLAN is 1BASE5 and other is 10BASExx
^ ^^
First of all there needs to be speed (frequency) conversion. Standards
are evolving, but these arn't the same beasts.
BTW if you keep growing nodes on each of the networks (types), be sure
that your backbone network has the capacity for the bridge traffic.
> William Jackson University Systems & Computing, Gaines Hall #113
Steve Urbach Steve has lot's of opinions..
Northern Telecom His employer subscribes to none of them.
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