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Article #273Re: Token Ring vs. Ethernet
From: John K Scoggin
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:17
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:17
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In article <1992Nov19.193651.21854@umr.edu> rfranken@mcs213f.cs.umr.edu (Richard Brett Frankenberger) writes: > Snip, snip, snip ... >Bottom line, You probably won't go wrong with either, but with token-ring, you >won't have to worry about one user sticking a pin through the cable and downing >the entire net. (Not that that's a likely occurance, but it makes the point >about token-ring's robustness). Ethernet will likely be cheaper, however. > > - Brett (rfranken@cs.umr.edu) Most people in the Real World (tm) build ethernets with 10BaseT - stick a pin in a TP cable and you loose one workstation ... - John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John K. Scoggin, Jr. Email: scoggin@udel.edu Supervisor, Network Operations scoggin@delmarva.com Delmarva Power & Light Co. Voice: 302-451-5200 P.O. Box 6066 Fax: 302-451-5321 Newark, DE 19714-6066 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your milage may vary. Void where prohibited by law (or common sense).
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!udel!louie!snow-white.ee.udel.edu!scoggin From: scoggin@snow-white.ee.udel.edu (John K Scoggin) Subject: Re: Token Ring vs. Ethernet Message-ID: <1992Nov19.211713.15485@udel.edu> Sender: usenet@udel.edu (USENET News Service) Nntp-Posting-Host: snow-white.ee.udel.edu Organization: Delmarva Power & Light Company, Newark References: <1992Nov18.172211.10451@mccc.edu> <sige6ao@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com> <1992Nov19.193651.21854@umr.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:17:13 GMT Lines: 22