[Sunhelp] Slow TFTP with NCD 19R xterminal?

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Bradford [mailto:mrbill at mrbill.net]
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 9:55 PM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Slow TFTP with NCD 19R xterminal?
> 
> I finally solved this problem :

YAY!  

> 
> turns out it was the switch i've got my network based on (an Accton
> SwitchHub-8s, EH-2002; 
> http://www.accton.com/accton/products/switches/eh2002/limage.html).
> 
> Looks like it has some interoperability problem with the NCD 
> 19R xterminal;
> I replaced it with a NetGear EN104 4port 10baseT hub, and the 
> NCD terminal
> now properly tftpboots its OS file in less than five seconds.
> 
> Anybody wanna trade a Bay or Cisco or 3Com hub for a nice 
> 8port ethernet
> switch that only has problems with NCD x-terminals?

Well, how do you feel about Intel switches?  I think I've got a line on
cheap 8-port 10/100 ones, or maybe a trade if I get mine in.
	Greg