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- From: vstem@grouch.calgary.chevron.com (D. Stewart McLeod)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
- Subject: Re: Apollo networking alternatives
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.112646@grouch.calgary.chevron.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 18:26:46 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.235401.11236@btree.uucp>
- Sender: news@nntpserver.chevron.com (USENET News System)
- Organization: chevron
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- In article <1993Jan22.235401.11236@btree.uucp>, brunkow@btree.uucp (Susan Brunkow) writes:
- ..stuff deleted...
-
- Sue, tried to email you but it just bounced back. So I shall post my
- response here.
-
-
- Sue, I have had some experience in moving from the wonderfull world of Apollo
- Token Ring to ethernet (although only about 30 workstations not 50). I thought
- I would relay some of my experiences to you.
-
- Originally we had everyone in the same building and on the same
- network (A.T.R.). Now is a different story. We are in two buildings and
- on two different networks - ethernet and A.T.R.
-
- Originally I was very skeptical about the move to ethernet ( I had no choice,
- as this is what the hardware group chose (sp?)). I moved one workstation
- up to ethernet (twisted pair - great stuff to work with..already in everyones
- office) and had a hell of a time with it - I forgot to put a rgyd on it!
-
- After this first workstation was installed and running, I moved it over to
- the other building. It worked just fine. All I had to do was change the IP
- address and it worked flawlessly. I recommend you move one workstation over
- at first and have it run (glbd, llbd, ns_helper and rgyd).
-
- The rest of the move was very easy. Rip out the A.T.R. card and put in an
- ethernet card. Move and power up. Oh a major key here is to remove the
- /sys/node_data/hint_file first. Things really get messed up if you fail to
- do this.
-
- As for your comment about Apollos being a pain on ethernet, I too thought
- this but I have been pleasantly surprised. Granted ethernet degrades when
- the load is heavy, but you can always create sub nets if you have to. We
- just did that here as some DEC boxes and X terminals that access them were
- hogging the network so they were moved onto their own ethernet sub-net.
-
- All in all, the move to ethernet was painless. I must add that if you go this
- way take the course "Administering Your DOMAIN/OS Internet" from HP. THis
- made things as easy as they were. It also gave me contacts of people who were
- going to do the same thing I was.
-
- Hope my $0.02 worth is of use. If you need more info or have any questions
- email to the address below.
-
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- D. Stew McLeod Internet: vstem@calgary.chevron.com
- CPTC Tel: (403) 234-5810
- 500, Fifth Ave. S.W. Fax: (403) 234-5215
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 0L7
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