From: leslie@clio.rice.edu
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 1:17 AM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: Dialup internet sharing routers

Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- (system@SendSpamHere.ORG) wrote:
:
: The 3com OfficeConnect 56K LAN Mode, may be what your after.  Several
: machines can share the connection.  One machine can be designated to
: be, what amounts to be, in a DMZ.
:
: The documentation is on-line at:
:
: http://www.remoteaccess.3com.com/support/docs/lanmodem/documentation/
:        3c886/files/710/ug_r.html
:
: It's a PDF so, of course without PDF support for VMS, you might have
: a bit of a problem reading it on VMS.  BTW, it's 116 pages of PDF.
:  

The data sheet shows the product features without any PDFs:

  http://www.3com.com/products/dsheets/400397.html
  56K LAN Modem

The ISDN equivalent product is the OCLM, which is a router with
a 4 port 10BaseT hub:

  http://www.3com.com/products/dsheets/400396.html
  OfficeConnect ISDN LAN Modem

My home network is connected to the internet via an OCLM, with fixed
IP addresses, for the benefit of the VAXStation.


--Jerry Leslie     (my opinions are strictly my own)