| Title: | DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE |
| Notice: | Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7 |
| Moderator: | NETCAD::COLELLA DT |
| Created: | Wed Nov 13 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 4455 |
| Total number of notes: | 16761 |
I have a customer who is interested in purchasing an Alantec switch for bridging/routing between his five ethernet backbones. This will replace a DECconcentrator 500 and two DECbridge 61x because they think the ethernet switch will provide better performance than bridging thru FDDI. I have been searching through this and other conferences and have found nothing on Alantec. - Has anyone have any experience with them ? - Any issues with them? - Do we have any products that can compete? Any ideas are appreciated. This note also posted in Ethernet, FDDI and Gigaswitch conferneces.
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| 1596.1 | STRWRS::KOCH_P | It never hurts to ask... | Thu Oct 20 1994 16:17 | 3 | |
The big question is: Is this a cut-through switch? What mode Atlantec
switch is it?
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| 1596.2 | We did some evaluation on the Alantec Powerhub 3504 | NETCAD::BATTERSBY | Thu Oct 20 1994 16:36 | 34 | |
We did an evaluation of the Alantec Powerhub 3504 here in HUB
Engineering, along with a tear-down done by the PD&M Competitive
Analysis group.
We definitely have a product which can compete, it's called the
DECswitch 900EF (formally referred to as DECbridge 900MX).
They are similar in that:
- Ethernet to FDDI Bridge
- good multi-port Bridging performance
- support horizontal to backbone LAN interconnect
- SNMP managed
- UTP and AUI access
But they are different:
- WGE is a single slot hub module, Powerhub a box product
- Each WGE module has 6 Ethernets + 1 FDDI
- Powerhub has fixed 12 Ethernets + up to 2 FDDIs
- Each Powerhub Ethernet can have 3 RJ45 conntectors
- WGE is/will be readily upgradable to being a multiprotocol BRouter
- Powerhub has IP Routing
The DECswitch 900EF has better price/performance and more configuration
flexibililty.
There may be more data on the comparison done, but I can't recall
where the data or reports may be. I'll look/inquire to see if there
is more definitive information.
Given that you describe a currently installed base with DEC network
products, (DECconcentrator 500 and two DECbridge 61x), I don't
think we would want to see this customer swing to a vendor like
Alantec, without getting them to look at what we can offer in our
HUB products.
Bob
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| 1596.3 | Base note has been forwarded to Product Manager... | NETCAD::BATTERSBY | Thu Oct 20 1994 17:33 | 5 | |
RE: .0
To further help the cause along, I have forwarded the base note .0
to Karl Pieper (DELNI::PIEPER).
Bob
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| 1596.4 | Good information | TROOA::LEONG | Thu Oct 20 1994 20:27 | 5 | |
Thanks for the fast response. Your information is very useful. Did we do any performance comparisons? | |||||
| 1596.5 | Still looking for the performance numbers.... | NETCAD::BATTERSBY | Thu Oct 20 1994 20:39 | 5 | |
Yes, and that's some of the information that is not at my
virtual fingertips. We will see what we can come up with for
numbers for the Alantec.
Bob
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