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To: HeyRainier who wrote (294)	2/6/1998 12:50:00 PM
From: Scott H. Davis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1720

[PERLF product research for Rainier] Reviewed the link, and again, my general impression is good. There are two deficiencies the reviewer adressed that I find material. Since it was a May 97 article, I'd recommend checking with PERLF check to see if they have addressed: 1. <Like most communication servers, though, the Perle 833 doesn't integrate at all with existing security structures. It doesn't support Novell Directory Services (NDS), Windows NT's security, or even remote access dial-in user service. Support for NDS and NT security are in the works, but Perle officials declined to specify when they would arrive.> 2. My only other complaint with the unit was the lack of 100Base-T support. On a fully configured unit, with all eight ports going full blast, the Perle 833 really needs its own 10Base-T segment. > The security issue would have the potential to cause an IS department to reject it (network administrators are generally VERY security conscious). The bandwidth issue is also material, especially for dial up web use. A trend, that I find unfortunate, if for sites to add a lot of visual slicks, imbedded JAVA aps, etc. into web pages. Unfortunalely, that also results in moving a lot of data over the lines. And if you are connecting to a client/server application running a large or complex SQL database but are not in "thin client mode" ala Citrix, a dial up connection needs a LOT of bandwidth to be viable. For examle, we had to abandon use of a dial in connection running 28.8 modems to a home health system running Sybase SQL on a Win NT server because the sheer amount of data the application was sending over the line resulted in incredibly bad response time, to where it became a productivity loss. So I would check to see if they've addressed those issues, because they are very relevant to a purchase decision. IMHO Scott