Lab Results: Ink-Jet Printer Ratings

July 1996 / BYTE Lab Product Report / Lab Results: Ink-Jet Printer Ratings

3Com's AccessBuilder 4000 provides the fastest network throughput in our benchmarks, where we bombarded the servers with multiple remote-access sessions. Available in both Ethernet and token-ring configurations, the AccessBuilder 4000 supports both analog and digital (ISDN) technologies, as well as multiple protocols. 3Com' s Personal Routing system software architecture gives remote-node clients the same functionality as local nodes--with not quite the speed of a local connection.

Best Overall: 3Com AccessBuilder 4000
                        Price  Tech-  Implemen- Perform- Usa-   Fea-   Overall
                               nology  tation    ance   bility  ture   Rati
ng
3Com AccessBuilder 4000 $4745   ****    ****    *****   ****    *****   ****
Shiva LanRover/E        $4199   ****    ****    ****    *****   ****    ****
SBE netXpand Central    $1899   ****    ****    ****    *****   ****    ****
Emulex ConnectPlus Pro  $2895   ****    ***     ****    ****    ***     ****
Digi AccelePort 8em     $1095   ***     ***     ****    ***     ***     ***


Key


***** Outstanding
 **** Very Good
  *** Good
   ** Fair
    * Poor

Weighting: 
Performance        50%
Implementation     40%
  Usability 40%
  Features 40%
  Value 20%
Technology         10%
3Com AccessBuilder 4000
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