Subject: Re: fddi cards
To: Jon Lindgren <jlindgren@espus.com>
From: Lord Isildur <isildur@guild.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/07/2000 09:48:11
On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Jon Lindgren wrote:
> Yeah, I thought about using a 3000/300X for such.  My problem is that I
> can only pipe a 10BT connection into these boxes, so I loose the 100mb
> FDDI bandwidth (unless anyone makes a 100BT tc card).

not that im aware of, but f they do exist theyre probably only a few,
which would probly be in the hands of greedy resellers! (i was amazed to
see they still want upwards of $750 for a KZTSA!) 

> 
> I'm looking to get my 100BTX network into a FDDI fed
> switch, and I think the cheapest way to do so would be via a FDDI card in
> a PCI machine (then I can pipe 100BTX into the machine and feed the switch
> with the FDDI interface).

how about a media converter or an fddi port on the switch?