Equipment  Proposal

a)  Equipment Needed
         An Intel 88/45 single board computer with an ICL box and
         power supply.

b) Purpose
         A Name/Route Server for the Network.

            On the X25 switch and the Cambridge Ring, the address of a
         Server is determined by the line number, or ring station, to
         which it is currently connected.  On the NSI network the address
         is independant of where it is attached so we have been able to
         give our Servers fixed addresses.  This is not possible with the
         X25 switch and hence if a server is replugged we will 'lose' it.
         A name/route server would enable us to keep track of the addresses
         and enable load balancing of the larger mainframes.

c) Cost 
         Currently a maximun of #1300 (+VAT), but this depends on how many
         JNT 'Black Boxes' that we build.

                                              B. Gilmore
                                               Sep. 1982