Hi E.J.

Two FDDI and one 100Mb is do-able.  I would stay away from running all three
on the same Wintel box.  We have over 50 boxes here running FDDI for backups
and restores, and 100Mb for network traffic.  That works great.  Any one
done Token & FDDI or Token & Ethernet?


Anthony Jones
ADSM Administrator
Koch Industries, Inc.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [SMTP:Eric-van.Loon AT KLM DOT NL]
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 10:09 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Windows NT server and multiple network adapters
>
> Hi Anthony!
> It's a customer requirement.
> I have one (important) customer with two completely separate FDDI rings.
> He
> wants no single point of failure, so I have to offer him two FDDI
> connections.
> The standard in our shop is 100 Mb. Ethernet, so I need this connection
> too.
> The older clients (Token Ring) I can route through Ethernet, but in that
> case I still need 3 adapters in my server...
> Kindest regards,
> Eric van Loon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jones, Anthony [mailto:Jones4A AT KOCHIND DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 15:31
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Windows NT server and multiple network adapters
>
>
> Why so much hardware.  The cost effective way, would be to have the
> connection from the ADSM server to the network be of one type and have
> routers and switches funnel the data from the others to the ADSM server.
> Adding multiple nics of so different topologies will do nothing but slow
> your server down trying to process them all, it you can get them to work
> together.
>
> Anthony Jones
> ADSM Administrator
> Koch Industries, Inc.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [SMTP:Eric-van.Loon AT KLM DOT NL]
> > Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 7:58 AM
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      Windows NT server and multiple network adapters
> >
> > Hi ADSM-ers!
> > I'm thinking about buying an ADSM server for Windows NT.
> > Clients need to be able to connect to this server through 16 Mb. Token
> > Ring,
> > 100 Mb. Ethernet and FDDI, so the server I have in mind will have 4
> > network
> > adapters.
> > Some people over here say this will be a problem for Windows NT.
> > Are there any people out there who can say something about this from
> > experience?
> > Thanks for any reply!
> > Kindest regards,
> > Eric van Loon