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MUCH food for thought Jim, I GREATLY appreciate it !! Chuck Jim Langston wrote: > That would probably do it, and is probably on par with > the Perle equipment, but from some rag I was reading, > IBM is selling all their networking hardware to Cisco. > > If you go the IBM route not only will you be paying way > more than you should, but a few years from now you are > going to have to get support from Cisco instead of IBM. > > Basically, there are myriad ways you can do this. IBM, > Perle, Motorola, Cisco, Micom are the ones I know off > the top of my head that all basically do the same thing. > > Some better than others, some more flexible than others, > some cheaper than others. > > What I had done was I got quotes for equipment to do > SNA over frame relay from Perle, Cisco, Motorola and > Micom and compared features .vs. price. > > Believe it or not, you can buy a solution for all your sites > for $5000 that does everything, and then some (Motorola) > or pay $10000+ for one site that does only what you need > it to and is not expandable at all. When Micom got over > $12,000 for the box for my corporate headquarters that only > did SNA and IP over frame relay I thanked them and hung > up, I didn't even bother to find out how much it would cost for > the equipment for my remote sites. > > This is a huge disparity between prices. I don't know why. > But it exists. > > What you need to do is find out from IBM how much this > 2218 Nways® FRAD is, and what it can do. Does it do > IP? IPX? (not that you would probably want to do IPX, > only if you currently use it on your network). Does it do > SNA emulation on client and server sides to reduce > bandwidth usage (such as Motorola does) or does it send > all the SNA traffic over the network? Will it do Dedicated > (such as T1) instead of Frame Relay? DSL? If you have > electronic phone systems, will it do voice over IP? > > You need to find out: > 1. Everything thing you need to send over the Frame Relay > Wire and whether the equipment handles it. > 2. Everything you may wish to send over the wire tomorrow. > Is the equipment going to be able to handle it, or are you > going to have to get a new device to upgrade, or replace > it a year from now? > 3. Are you firm set on Frame Relay, or is it possible that a > few years from now when the next cheaper, faster and > better thing comes along are you going to want to switch? > If you do have the possibility of switching, will this equipment > be able to handle it? Such as Motorlla, you swap a card > and it can Frame Relay, DSL, dedicated, or whatever the > latest and greatest is. At a lot cheaper price than buying > new equipment. > 4. How difficult is this thing to set up? And how much is it going > to cost you to get it setup and installed? And how hard is it > going to be to make any needed changes in the future? > 5. How much does this thing cost, and is it worth it? > > I hope I gave you some good food for thought. > > Regards, > > Jim Langston > > Chuck Lewis wrote: > > > Thanks Jim, > > > > The more we talk here, the more things change :-) > > > > Hey, I was just on IBM's web site TRYING to find an ethernet nic for our 620 > > (still trying... grrrrr...) but did run across the "The IBM 2218 Nways® >Frame > > Relay Access Device (FRAD)" that " interconnects devices and hosts across a >Frame > > Relay or local area network (LAN). It channels SNA, SSC, asynchronous and > > multiprotocol LAN traffic into a single Frame Relay PVC. The 2218 >eliminates the > > need for separate wide are network (WAN) links for legacy LAN traffic. > > > > Where would this fit in ? Any idea ? > > > > Thanks ! > > > > Chuck > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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