Farallon Announces Optimized Drivers for New MacOS 8.5; Improves Performance of 10/100 Fast Ethernet Cards up to 35%.SAN LEANDRO San Leandro (săn lēăn`drō), city (1990 pop. 68,223), Alameda co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1872. Metal, wood, and paper products; chemicals; leather goods; foods and beverages; medical equipment; lighting fixtures; and , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 1999--Farallon today announced new drivers that dramatically increase the networking performance of MacOS 8.5. With new optimized high-performance drivers for Farallon's Fast EtherTX(TM)-10/100 PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). and Comm See comms. Slot II cards, users can take full advantage of the latest performance improvements built into MacOS 8.5. "Mac OS 8.5 features significant performance improvements that make the Macintosh the fastest personal computer for transferring files across high speed networks," said Peter Lowe, director, Mac OS product marketing at Apple Computer, Inc. "Today's announcement from Farallon extends these industry-leading performance improvements to all Mac OS 8.5 customers with Farallon network interfaces." Now available, the updated driver (version 2.0) for Farallon's Fast EtherTX-10/100 PCI and CommSlot II cards can be downloaded free of charge via Farallon's World Wide Web server http://www.farallon.com/. The new driver is optimized for MacOS 8.5, but is also supported on computers running MacOS 7.5.3 or higher. Farallon plans to release an enhanced driver for its Fast EtherTX-10/100 CardBus adapter A network or communications controller that plugs into a PC Card slot on a laptop computer. It often refers to a wired or wireless Ethernet network adapter on a Type II card. See CardBus and PC Card. before the end of the first quarter of 1999. Astounding a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, Performance & Reliability Results Benchmark tests show up to a 35% improvement in performance over a leading third party card. The numbers below depict de·pict tr.v. de·pict·ed, de·pict·ing, de·picts 1. To represent in a picture or sculpture. 2. To represent in words; describe. See Synonyms at represent. the results of file transfer performance tests using Timbuktu(R) Pro (www.timbuktupro.com) from Netopia, Inc. to transfer a 10Mbyte file between two PowerMac G3/266 computers over TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. : Third Party Card: 3.6 seconds Farallon 2.0 Driver: 3.1 seconds Third party performance tests were run using Farallon's new 2.0 driver and Fast EtherTX-10/100 PCI card A circuit board that plugs into the computer's PCI bus and contains the control electronics for a peripheral device. Starting in the latter half of the 1990s, PCI became very popular. See PCI. to remotely open and save a 100Mbyte Scitex CT formatted Photoshop file to and from a SUN server utilizing Xinet's FullPress Server Software (www.xinet.com) -- performance peaked at 7.75 Mbytes/second or 62 Mbits/second. "The single most important feature customers request is improved 'real world' performance," says Ken Haase, director of Marketing for Farallon. "With the release of this new driver, our Publishing, New Media and Education customers can now connect their existing Macs to Apple's recently announced Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. PowerMac G3s with maximum performance." Xinet tests were performed to verify the reliability of Farallon's 2.0 driver under MacOS 8.5 and Open Transport 2.0. Continuous large file transfers were run in a simulated production environment with a heavily loaded network for over 20 hours. Bob Kridle, Xinet's president, states, "After extensive testing against a variety of servers running our FullPress pre-press server software, we have found the latest release of Farallon's 10/100 base NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC. (2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. to be rock solid." Full Compatibility With EtherPeek and NetMinder Ethernet Farallon worked closely with both The AG Group (www.aggroup.com) and Neon Software (www.neon.com) to ensure 100% driver compatibility with these two leading software network analyzers A specialized hardware device or software in a desktop or laptop computer that captures packets transmitted in a network for routine inspection and problem detection. Also called a "sniffer," "packet sniffer," "packet analyzer," "traffic analyzer" and "protocol analyzer," the network . With virtually no packet loss, Farallon's new 2.0 driver is optimized for use with both EtherPeek and NetMinder Ethernet on Fast Ethernet networks. "After comprehensive testing in a production environment using our NetMinder Ethernet protocol analyzer See network analyzer. , Neon Software is impressed with the compatibility and performance of the new Farallon 10/100 PCI driver. We will highly recommend its use to our customers," exclaims Michael Swan, chief engineer, Neon Software, Inc. Mahboud Zabetian, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AG Group states, "The Farallon 10/100 PCI driver works wonderfully with EtherPeek for Macinotsh v.3.5.3 and the new 4.0 alpha release See alpha version. . The driver implementation provides solid packet capture performance and full error packet flagging support -- two very important issues for EtherPeek customers." Farallon's Fast Ether-TX 10/100 PCI Plus and CommSlot II Cards Feature -0-
-- Up to 35% performance improvement with driver version 2.0
optimized for Mac OS 8.5
-- Based on the latest high performance DEC Fast Ethernet controller
chip for ultimate reliability
-- 10 times the network bandwidth of 10Mbps Ethernet for maximum
throughput
-- NWay 10/100 auto-negotiation for easy migration to Fast Ethernet
-- Full-duplex support for network connections up to 200Mbps
-- 100% compatibility with EtherPeek and NetMinder Ethernet software
network analyzers
-- Diagnostic LEDs for at-a-glance monitoring
-- Free technical support and lifetime warranty
-0- In addition to the Fast EtherTX 10/100 PCI, Comm Slot II and CardBus cards, Farallon also offers a complete line of Ethernet and Fast Ethernet hubs and switches, including the new 10/100 Fast Starlet star·let n. 1. A small star. 2. A young film actress publicized as a future star. starlet Noun a young actress who has the potential to become a star Noun 1. Dual Speed Hub/8. More information can be found at http://www.farallon.com. About Dr. Farallon's Free Network Performance Clinic In line with Farallon's tradition of providing technical support, Dr. Farallon's Network Performance Clinic offers free telephone consultation to anyone seeking help with designing their network for optimal performance, no matter what their budget. For more information on the Dr. Farallon program call 800/613-4954 or visit http://www.farallon.com/dr.farallon. About Farallon Communications Founded in 1986, Farallon develops and markets reliable plug-and-play Ethernet and Fast Ethernet networking products designed to "Simplify Networking Through Innovation." With over 8 million customers worldwide, Farallon is dedicated to providing complete, easy-to-use networking solutions and world-class technical support to the publishing, education, small business and home networking communities. Further information can be obtained via phone 510/346-8000, web http://www.farallon.com or email mail to: info@farallon.com. Farallon headquarters are in San Leandro, with a European office in the UK. Note to Editors: All trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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