Abstract

Lab test of local Token Ring bridges from thirteen vendors: Advanced Computer Communications (ACC) ACS 4200; Andrew Corp. Bridgeport 7506; Ascom Timeplex Time/LAN100, Cisco Systems Inc. MGS; Develcon Electronics LTD; Model-220M; IBM 8209 LAN Bridge and IBM Token Ring Network Bridge Program; Madge Networks Smart 16/4 AT Bridge and Smart Ringbridge; Netronix Tokenmaster 2000; Olicom USA Local Bridge; Plexcom Inc 8029 SRT; Proteon Inc CNX 500; 3Com Corp. Netbuilder; and Wellfleet Communicaitons Inc. Link node. 

Note: Some devices were appliances where some were built sing multiple TR LAN adapters into a PC platform. Some of the bridges also provided routing functionality. See article for details.