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Article #178Re: D.max and FDDI configuration
From: Vernon Schryver
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:44
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:44
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In article <1992Sep9.215447.13867@klaava.Helsinki.FI>, vhalkka@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Vesa Halkka) writes: > .... > I just retrieved Harvard test results for some ethernet/FDDI gear, > and *if the data is correct* the behaviour of existing FDDI > equipment is, to be polite, peculiar. > > We were going to use FDDI to connect two wiring closets, > both having multiple ethernets. They are now connected > with one ethernet (some kilometers of fiber..), and it is > running out of steam. > > FDDI seems not to be worth the money.. Which numbers do you think are "peculiar"? What kind of performance would be worth how much money? In which kinds of applications (e.g. workstation-to-workstation or campus backbones)? (I intend those as serious questions from someone at an FDDI vendor to a thoughtful customer.) Vernon Schryver, vjs@sgi.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!sgigate!odin!sgi!rhyolite!vjs From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.fddi Subject: Re: D.max and FDDI configuration Message-ID: <pm6f3eg@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com> Date: 10 Sep 92 15:44:06 GMT References: <1992Sep6.211409.16525@menudo.uh.edu> <1992Sep9.215447.13867@klaava.Helsinki.FI> Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA Lines: 24