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In article <richard_kogut.1.0@brown.edu> richard_kogut@brown.edu (Richard M. Kogut) writes:
>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

A possible additional advantage could be that the 100 mb Ethernet being
currently discussed looks like it may run over the same wire (Level 3 
twisted pair) as 10BaseT uses (but it may need 4 pairs instead of 2).

	- John

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