We have 2 R24's communicating using TCP/IP over ATM and have no problems.
The ATM Network cards, and driver are from Fore Systems.

We started with FDDI, but found that FDDI is expensive in terms of CPU
utilization.  ATM is far better although not as widely supported.


At 10:56 AM 4/10/96 EDT, you wrote:
>Have you looked at FDDI or ATM ??  I think many of the newer RS/6000's
>support ATM (155 Mb/sec)...  I've been told that TCP/IP over ATM is pretty
>straightforward (we'll be looking at that later this year).   I don't think
>High speed Ethernet (100 Mb/sec) is an option because it's not supported on
>the RS/6000 last time I checked..
>
>Tim Pittson
>pittson1 AT bwmail1.hcc DOT com
> ----------
>From: owner-adsm-l
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>Subject: Faster Than Token Ring
>Date: Wednesday, April 10, 1996 10:32AM
>
>I'm looking for a faster way to connect my ADSM server (RS/6000 C20) to
>my ADSM client (RS/6000 J30).  The current communication path is a 16Mb/s
>token ring LAN (TCP/IP).  Both boxes are running AIX V4.1.3 and my ADSM
>is V2.
>
>Any suggestions on how to connect two RS/6000s in a way that exceeds
>16Mb/s and successfully run ADSM client/server between them?  Thanks.
>
>/ Larry Anta           |  Ryerson Polytechnic University          \
>\ lanta AT acs.ryerson DOT ca |  Toronto, Canada (416) 979-5000 Ext.6817 /
>
>
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