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Conference noted::atm

Title:	atm

Moderator:	NPSS::WATERS

Created:	Mon Oct 05 1992
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	970
Total number of notes:	3630

853.0. "Product Comparison ATM NIC's" by BERN02::DEY (Walter Dey, Berne Switzerland) Thu Mar 06 1997 15:02

    Comparison of ATM NIC's
    
    see
    
    www.lantimes.com/lantimes/usetech/compare/peratmnic.html
    
    They compare 
    
    Adaptec ANA-5930
    FORE ForeRunner PCA-200EPC
    Madge Collage 155 PCI
    Olicom RapidFire PCI 155
    
    and the conclusion is ...
    
    We were constantly bogged down with fundamental problems, including
    incompatibilities with PCI slots, drivers that couldn't be loaded,
    dissimilar standards adherence, and lack of support for established
    servers. The technology took too much time to install for too little
    gain, clearly indicating that ATM is not ready for the masses...

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
853.1	Sorry	BERN02::DEY	Walter Dey, Berne Switzerland	`Thu Mar 06 1997 15:12`	6
	>>www.lantimes.com/lantimes/usetech/compare/peratmnic.html Should read www.lantimes.com/lantimes/usetech/compare/pcatmnic.html
853.2	Not well done	WASNT::"washabaugh@went.lkg.dec.com"	Born to be Mild	`Fri Mar 07 1997 18:50`	11
	As an ATM NIC developer, I was appalled at the lack of ATM expertise of the author/testers. This caused some vendors to look better than they should have (FORE), and other vendors to look worse than they should have (Adaptec, etc.). Because FORE has a buggy switch, they concluded that everyone elses NIC was bad. We are evaluating our products according to what was written about in the article, so that we can improve our NICs in the appropriate area. doug
853.3	Check-List for our ATM NICs ???	ALFETA::MAURICIO	Fertile Pectus	`Mon Mar 10 1997 11:16`	10
853.4	Yes, we will generate a list	WASNT::"washabaugh@went.lkg.dec.com"	Born to be Mild	`Mon Mar 10 1997 12:10`	7
	We have a fairly compresensive list for the ATMworks 350, and are going to publish one for the ATMworks 351. We have found only a couple of PCs or PCI bridge chips that we don't support. This list will be published on the WEB site for the product. Look for it next monday. doug
853.5	Is this really the fault of the user?	TWICK::PETTENGILL	mulp	`Fri Apr 25 1997 07:51`	11
	>As an ATM NIC developer, I was appalled at the lack of ATM expertise >of the author/testers. This caused some vendors to look better >.... While the testers may not have been experts, I bet they know more than the target market for ATM. Yeah, there are certainly a lot of more knowledgable people deploying ATM, but if ATM is to compete against FDDI, not to mention 100BaseT, its going to have to be easy to setup and if someone's component is "buggy" then that needs to be easily identified.