Re: MPTN/Anynet... on V4R1

Chuck,

We did something similar at on of our customers earlier this year, although
we only had one remote location. Upgraded the 494E to a 594E(with ethernet
AND twinax), added a Cisco 1601 on the /400 side, and put an ethernet card
in the /400. Also, we kept the 56K leased line. The 594E has a way of
fooling itself into thinking there is a frame connection. So we kept our
CSU/DSU's, got the /400 talking to the network, and got to start taking the
twinax cards out of the PC's, all for about $6000-$7000 total. Perle tech
support was very helpful throughout the process.

By the way, they noticed no degradation in response time, even though they
added another half a dozen connections to the /400 through the new ethernet
connection at the remote site.
Lou Schmaus
CCA, Inc.
Jackson, NJ 08527
lschmaus@link400.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Lewis <clewis@iquest.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 6:33 AM
Subject: MPTN/Anynet... on V4R1


> Hi Folks,
>
> We are looking at dumping our 56k leased lines and going with frame
> relay. We are located in one state and until VERY recently frame was not
> a good deal. That changed...
>
> We have NO LANs (yes) and are using Perle 494E control units. MCI is who
> we are working with and we will be using a Cisco 2610 here and the
> 1750's at the remotes.
>
> The question comes in how to connect up the Perle control units.
>
> Turns out our choice are:
>
> (1) "turn MPTN/Anynet on on the 400" and stick ethernet cards in the
> Perle units. This strips off SNA and routing bits and wraps it in IP.
>
> (2) Run DLSW (Data Link Switching) on the routers to enable routing SNA.
>
> The down side of this is that it COULD slow things down with the
> overhead involved. We have sub second response time now but I CERTAINLY
> do not want to do anything to jeopardize that.
>
> We were leaning towards #2 because it was going to be the most cost
> effective at this time (knowing that it is preferable to do pure IP)...
>
> Also, won't either scenario require a NIC card in the AS/400 ?
>
> Any thoughts ?
>
> TIA
>
> Chuck


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