Madge Networks Ltd, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire has announced that its intelligent hub, the SmartCAU, has been enhanced to support unshielded twisted pair cabling and Simple Network Management Protocol network management. It is set for April release, and the list price is to be UKP1,300 while existing users qualify for a free upgrade. Madge has also added SNMP support to its Smart Ringbridge stand-alone Token Ring bridge-router, as well as a Windows-based graphical management application, the TrueView Bridge Manager. This replaces the existing MS-DOS-based control program which enables network administrators to manage the bridge from a personal computer workstation connected to the Token Ring network. Shipping at the end of March, the new version is to cost UKP3,500, while again existing users can get a free upgrade.
