EtherNext                      ethernet 12-port concentrator
EtherNext Wires LANs with Unshielded Twisted Pair
 
Microbytes Daily News Service
Copyright (c) 1989, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
NetWorth's EtherNext is an Ethernet concentrator for linking as
many as 12 PCs or PS/2s with unshielded twisted pair (telephone)
cabling. The manufacturer claims it has designed the system
around the evolving 10baseT standards so it will work with all
the different types of building wiring.
 
Like other Ethernet concentrators, EtherNext concentrators will
network up to 1024 PCs. Also like the other concentrators,
EtherNext needs its own matching add-in cards with matching
transceivers. NetWorth sells 8-bit XT cards, and 16-bit AT and
MCA cards, as well as coaxial-compatible transceivers if you need
to link a PC to the concentrator over thick- or thin-coaxial or
even optical fiber cabling. The 8-bit cards have an 8K byte
buffer and the 16-bit cards have double that. All the cards
include NetWare software drivers.
 
Price: 8-bit, $495; 16-bit, $595; MCA (16-bit), $695;
transceivers, $249; concentrator, $2495.
 
Contact: NetWorth, Inc., 8101 Ridgepoint Dr., Suite 107, Irving,
TX 75063, (800) 544-5255; (214) 869-1331.
 
                              --- Roger K. Adams
 
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