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Network Type Prog.
Model
Available? Linux? $/Node $/Port Port $/Hub Max.
PEs
Bandwidth
(Mbits/s)
Latency
(µs)
n-PE
O( )
*HiPPI Product $3,500 $1,500 EISA,
PCI
$30,000 16/hub 1,600.0 log n
*Serial HiPPI Product $4,500 $2,500 PCI $30,000 16/hub 1,200.0 log n
*SCI 1,000.0
*FC 1,062.0
PLIP Socket Copyleft Yes $2 $2 SPP 2 1.2 1,000
ATM AAL5 Product Yes $3,000 $1,000 PCI $35,000 16/hub 155.0 100 log n
Fast Ethernet
(unswitched)
Socket Product Yes $600 $250 PCI $5,000 16/hub 100.0 1,000 > n
Ethernet Socket Product Yes $100 $100 ISA 200 10.0 1,000 > n
Fast Ethernet
(switched)
Socket Product Yes $1,500 $250 PCI $20,000 16/hub 100.0 1,000 log n
ATM Socket Product Yes $3,000 $1,000 PCI $35,000 16/hub 155.0 1,000 log n
Ethernet
(switched)
Socket Product Yes $200 $100 ISA $1,500 16/hub 10.0 1,000 log n
*ARCNET Socket Product Yes $200 $200 ISA 255 2.5 1,000 n
SLIP Socket Copyleft Yes $2 $2 RS232 2 0.1 10,000