On Thu, 10 Oct 2013, Mark Wickens wrote:
I guess this is sort of on-topic, given I am talking about networking.
The Alpha 3000/800 I have contains a PMAF-FU card which is a DEC FDDIcontroller
TURBOchannel card. It has a CAT 5 copper FDDI interface. I understand that it will support
networking at 100MB.
I have no knowledge of FDDI. I believe that I would need a concentrator to make use of
this connection, is there such a device which I could use to bridge the 3000/800 using
FDDI to a standard ethernet network?
Yeah. I had an ethernet switch that could take FDDI until a fan failed, the PSU got
covered in weird goo, and it began arcing and tripping breakers. The switch powered on
fine a day or so later though...
As a second question, I have a number of DEC/Compaq/HP PCI FDDI cards which were given to
me. They have optical connectors. If I were to make use of these would I need another
concentrator, or is there a box which will support both media with plug in modules, for
example.
If you get a modular concentrator I /think/ you can get optical, and copper modules in it
at once.
Thanks for the help,
Mark.
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