Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 06:43:50 GMT From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: Tom <tom@sdf.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>, Adam Turoff <AdamT@smginc.com>, hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, Robert Glover <rob@f-body.org> Subject: Re: Token Ring for FreeBSD yet? Message-ID: <34f5bd29.7750741@mail.cetlink.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980224211644.12581H-100000@misery.sdf.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980224211644.12581H-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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On Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:19:21 -0800 (PST), Tom <tom@sdf.com> wrote: > Yes, it is true. 16mbs token ring is quite fast. Token-passing is a >bit of problem with large numbers of stations. Token networks make very >efficient use of network bandwidth though. > > However, any kind of switched ethernet still blows it away. It does >away with collision contention, and makes ethernet full duplex. As long as all stations are directly connected to the switch. But in networks I've seen, only the bandwidth hogs are connected directly to the switch while the average user station is still attached to a hub. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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