[SunRescue] Re: fddi

[mike dombrowski]

>> Not much, it's simple. You need a FDDI concentrator to do it right, 
you
>> can do a big ring but that's icky. Simply run fiber from each
>> concentrator to the comp a la ethernet and you're done. I'd stay 
away
>> from the evil Sun Sbus cards like my 501-1732 that I _still_ can't 
find
>> drivers for and get a nice NPI. Also for dec you want a DEFTA card 
if
>
>The Sun cards _are_ OEM from NPI.
>
>It's not surprising that you can't get a 501-1732 to work, they were 
EOL'd
>after Solaris 2.4.  The other Sun cards work perfectly under Solaris 8
>with the Sun-supplied drivers.
>
>Didn't you check the supported Sun hardware guides on docs.sun.com?
>
>-James

I thought Sun licensed the design and changed it around, doh. Anyway, 
thanks for the tip about the EOL and docs.sun.com, I had no idea about 
either.

Mike