>Anthony,
>There can also be performance concerns when routing between 16mb token
>ring and 100mb Ethernet. Some TCP/IP stacks default to very small
>packets if they discover a router in between the network segments. This
>was a major bottle neck for us until we got all the ADSM clients onto
>100mb Ethernet.
>
>Thank You,
>
>Stefan Dusedau
>infoWorks
>A Viacom technology service
>(212)258-6739
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>
>
>                -----Original Message-----
>                From:   Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM
>[mailto:Eric-van.Loon AT KLM DOT NL]
>                Sent:   Friday, January 22, 1999 11:09 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