[337] in Resnet-Forum
Re: what to offer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barb Deschapelles)
Wed Aug 31 10:16:20 1994
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 10:02:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Barb Deschapelles <DESCHAPE@opus.oca.udayton.edu>
To: Rob Thirlby <R.Thirlby@lut.ac.uk>
Cc: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
>
> We are terrified of the work involved in fitting ethernet boards to a random
> collection of grotty pcs made by every known manufacturer. how do others
> cope with this? we are also concerned about the effort involved in software
> support of PCs which are networked.
We encourage students to purchase external (parallel port or scsi
port) ethernet adapters. They are much easier to install/configure.
We also require the students to install and configure whatever
adapter they purchase. We have located an external ethernet adapter
for PC compat. that sells for about $140 which makes it feasible, and
reasonably competitive with the better internal boards. We also
publish the fact that we support only two types of internal boards,
and if a student purchases one of these boards we can provide drivers
and software compatible with the boards, and will make a best effort
at helping with problems. All in all, it's the student's
responsibility to install and configure, while we we make a best
effort to suppport. Since we are just beginning this venture, I
can't yet say how it will work out.... we are crossing our collective
fingers.
Barb Deschapelles
deschape@opus.oca.udayton.edu
"He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonderful."
--- M.C. Escher
