You could always put together a router with a DEC PCI FDDI card and Intel Fast ethernet to convert cheaply between the too... With a Celeron 500 or something, the cost is well under $1000.. On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Jimmy Kyriannis wrote: | | At 4:33 PM -0500 12/19/00, Reid B. Fishler wrote: | >Howdy all. We are about to install a new VXR, however it came to our | >attention that FDDI is not | >compatable with it at all. Unfortunately, we need to connect FDDI to | >this router. Has anyone | >seen a cheap switch or converter that has both FDDI and Fast | >Ethernet on it? I know I can | >do a 4700, but thats large, expensive and clunky...Any ideas? | > | >Reid Fishler | >Lightning.net | | Yeah, that's a real disappointment with the VXR. The best you'll be | able to do with Cisco is the Catalyst 2820, which lists for about | $8,600. Coincidentally, I've got one on order now - in lieu of | buying a pricier (and somewhat wasteful of a chassis) Cat4k or Cat5k, | I opted for using the backplane on the switch to interconnect FE and | FDDI uplink boards. | | The basic part numbers you'll need are: WS-C2828-EN, WS-X2818, and | WS-X2842, along with any maintenance you might wish to purchase along | with it. | | Some product info is available on | | http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/ca2820.htm | | | Jimmy | | | --- Rev. Chris Cappuccio -=- http://www.dqc.org/~chris/ "If you don't turn on to politics, politics will turn on you" - Ralph Nader