Re: 100Mbit ISDN solution

[Dean Anderson <dean () av8 com>]

At 1:20 PM -0500 1/18/98, Luke Parrish wrote:
> Hey guys. Ran into a problem the other day. A customer of mine has a
> 100Mbit network, with 100Mbit hubs. They want ISDN access, so they hook a
> Pipeline 50 to their hub, dial it up, connect to the internet. But, hey
> nothing on the network can see it. Doh! I didnt think about the little
> 10Mbit into 100Mbit hub problem. I called Ascend and they said they do not
> have a router than can do 100Mbit yet, does anyone here know of an ISDN
> router that will support 100Mbit, or some kind of AUI transceiver that may
> go 10 to 100? Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Common problem.  USR doesn't do it either. Get a small 10/100 switch that's
per port switchable. Then you can hook up a few other things that may only
do 10 Mbps.  This will probably be an even bigger problem over the next few
years at least with giga coming out.

                --Dean


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