[5370] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Netstar GigaRouter [was: Re: Cisco as Big Brother (Was Re: Cisco's AIP vs HSSI)]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick J. Chicas)
Wed Oct 16 19:02:47 1996
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 12:48:56 -1000 (HST)
From: "Patrick J. Chicas" <pjc@off-road.com>
To: "John G. Scudder" <jgs@ieng.com>
cc: "Randolph C. Nicklas" <rcn@mci.net>, Jon Green <jon@worf.netins.net>,
alex@relcom.eu.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <v0300783aae8a9697ed43@[152.160.213.194]>
On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, John G. Scudder wrote:
> At 9:09 AM -0400 10/16/96, Randolph C. Nicklas wrote:
> >Are you aware of the 16-slot Ascend/NetStar GigaRouter?
> >I am not sure if this router supports HSSI/Ethernet
> >yet.
>
> I'm fairly sure it supports both, as well as FDDI and all the other media
> cited in the earlier message.
Hmm.. It's been awhile since I spoke with the Netstar people (approx 8
months or so). At the time, the box supported 10baseT, AUI, 100baseT,
FDDI, HSSI, OC-3ATM (I believe) and maybe CDDI. No V.35 low speed stuff.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Patrick J. Chicas
Email: pjc@unix.off-road.com
URL: http://www.Off-Road.com
