[rescue] Good FDDI Concentrator?

[Jeff Workman]

Stoned koalas drooled eucalyptus spit in awe as Dave McGuire exclaimed:

> On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 02:01 PM, Jeff Workman wrote:
>> Lately I've been thinking about delving into the not so dark world of
>> FDDI. Anybody have any recommendations on a good concentrator?
>
>    Cisco WS-C1400.  Easily the best FDDI concentrator I've seen.
>
>> I see several Cisco workgroup concentrators on ebay. Are these
>> managable? Do they have a 100Mbit uplink module (cheaply) available?
>
>    Yes, they're manageable (I don't know of any FDDI concentrators that
> aren't...they necessarily need some smarts for FDDI anyway) and quite
> featureful.  You give them an IP address and log into them via telnet
> like a Cisco router.  Also SNMP of course.
>
>    100Mbit uplink module...you mean 100Mbit ethernet?  No...that'd make
> it a translational bridge.  There are several nice Cisco boxes that can
> do this, my personal favorite is the Catalyst 5000...they're just now
> coming into the range of reasonable pricing, and are highly capable.
>
>          -Dave
>
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