Re: using active hubs & FDDI

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From: Vernon Schryver
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 15:15

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In article <1992Aug1.073837.10426@e2big.mko.dec.com>, pettengill@cvg.enet.dec.com writes:
> In article <nrksjfc@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>, vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver) writes:
> 
> |>DEC is among the vendors of such more-than-bridges-less-than-routers.
> |>I think they call their boxes "transparent bridges," like others in
> |>the industry.
> 
> Nit:
> 
> The term used is `translating bridges'; bridges are by nature `transparent'.


I like Paul Koning's "translucent".


Vernon Schryver,  vjs@sgi.com

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Subject: Re: using active hubs & FDDI
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