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In article <1992Nov19.190924.12205@netcom.com> seifert@netcom.com (Rich Seifert) writes:
>From: seifert@netcom.com (Rich Seifert)
>Subject: Re: Token Ring vs. Ethernet
>Date: 19 Nov 92 19:09:24 GMT
>In article <1992Nov18.172211.10451@mccc.edu>, pjh@mccc.edu (P. J. Holsberg) writes:
>> If you were starting from scratch (in a college) and had to network 5
>> rooms of 30 MS-DOS/Windows PCs (using multiple servers), would you use
>> Ethernet or Token Ring, and why?
>> 
>> Background: a local resident who is an expert for a company that is very
>> big in PC networking says that the only reasons that so many campuses are
>> networked with Ethernet rather than Token Ring are that (a) Ethernet was
>> on the scene first and (b) until recently, Ethernet was less expensive.
>> He contends that Token Ring is the answer to the question in the first
>> paragraph in that it is now about the same cost as Ethernet, has larger
>> packets and is thus more efficient, and has about 60% higher throughput.
>> 
I agree with everyone recommending Ethernet. Note that with modern Ethernets,
you would use a 10BASE-T hub with star wiring which should give better
reliability than Token Ring. You could also use standard Level 3 UTP wiring
(although you should put in Level 5 if no wires are there now). If there were
multiple servers, you could also use Kalpana-style Ethernet switching to get
performance benefits unavailable with Token Ring, at a very low cost.
Richard M. Kogut,   Manager, Systems Services
                    Brown University Computing & Information Services