[2053] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
FARNET/NAT router details
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (breeden@farnet.org)
Wed Jan 22 17:35:40 1992
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1992 17:34:53 -0500
To: com-priv@psi.com
From: breeden@farnet.org
Cc: members@farnet.org
Thanks to Geoff for posting the information about the discount agreement
between FARNET and Network Application Technology to this list. The press
release that I saw in draft form last week had a little more information
about the product and pricing than the version that Geoff circulated. I've
filled in the gaps below.
How the discount offer works: any non-profit organization that is
affiliated with a FARNET member can order the router through the FARNET
member. This arrangement keeps NAT's distribution costs down and allows
them to offer the substantial discount they have given us. If your
organization is FOR-profit and you are interested, I suggest you contact
your friendly neighborhood FARNET member so that we can gauge the level of
interest in this before talking to NAT.
Who the FARNET members are: you can get a list of them from host
farnet.org via anonymous ftp, in directory farnet/farnet_info. Look for
the two "member" documents. "member-contacts" has the name and contact
information for each network. Contact me if you do not have access to
anonymous ftp services and you would like to receive this list.
How much the discount is: the list price of the product is $2,995. For
routers purchased through FARNET, the price is $1,600 each for the first
nine routers bought. Additional quantity discounts apply as the number of
routers ordered increases. Every FARNET member has complete information
about this.
About the product: the LAN B/280 is a high-performance stand-alone remote
IP router. It supports synchronous links operating at speeds up to 2.048
Mbps (European T1), including T1 and below. It uses PPP over the serial
link and speaks RIP and PPP with other IP devices. Routing can be
dynamically handled using RIP and/or statically configured by hand. The
router has agent support for SNMP and includes some NAT-provided monitoring
features, such as routing information filtering and monitoring of
statistics. Comes with an Ethernet interface (AUI is standard, thinwire
and 10Base T are optional) and a serial link interface (RS-232, RS-449/442,
V.35 or X.21). Thanks to Scott Bradner for posting the benchmarking
results to this list earlier.
BARRNET was a beta test site for the NAT router and recommended it for
consideration by FARNET. We were pleased with what we learned and decided
to work with NAT on the discount program. Our thanks go to Bill Yundt and
his staff at BARRNET, to NAT, and to the FARNET members, who will use these
products to extend Internet access to small non-profit organizations across
the country.
Please let me know if you would like more information.
thanks,
Laura Breeden
FARNET
