[32970] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FDDI to FE?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Cappuccio)
Tue Dec 19 18:40:23 2000
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:35:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Chris Cappuccio <chris@dqc.org>
To: Jimmy Kyriannis <jimmy.kyriannis@nyu.edu>
Cc: "Reid B. Fishler" <redhead@freebsd.redbird.com>,
isp-tech@isp-tech.com, nanog@merit.edu
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You could always put together a router with a DEC PCI FDDI card
and Intel Fast ethernet to convert cheaply between the too...
With a Celeron 500 or something, the cost is well under $1000..
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Jimmy Kyriannis wrote:
|
| At 4:33 PM -0500 12/19/00, Reid B. Fishler wrote:
| >Howdy all. We are about to install a new VXR, however it came to our
| >attention that FDDI is not
| >compatable with it at all. Unfortunately, we need to connect FDDI to
| >this router. Has anyone
| >seen a cheap switch or converter that has both FDDI and Fast
| >Ethernet on it? I know I can
| >do a 4700, but thats large, expensive and clunky...Any ideas?
| >
| >Reid Fishler
| >Lightning.net
|
| Yeah, that's a real disappointment with the VXR. The best you'll be
| able to do with Cisco is the Catalyst 2820, which lists for about
| $8,600. Coincidentally, I've got one on order now - in lieu of
| buying a pricier (and somewhat wasteful of a chassis) Cat4k or Cat5k,
| I opted for using the backplane on the switch to interconnect FE and
| FDDI uplink boards.
|
| The basic part numbers you'll need are: WS-C2828-EN, WS-X2818, and
| WS-X2842, along with any maintenance you might wish to purchase along
| with it.
|
| Some product info is available on
|
| http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/ca2820.htm
|
|
| Jimmy
|
|
|
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