Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:22:53 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Tom <tom@sdf.com>, jak@cetlink.net, cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us, AdamT@smginc.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, rob@f-body.org Subject: Re: Token Ring for FreeBSD yet? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.980225102102.29821A-100000@csd> In-Reply-To: <19980225165613.45832@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Wed, 25 February 1998 at 6:23:04 +0000, Terry Lambert 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. > > > > In fact, a token ring of N stations allows for N/3 - 1 simultaneous > > tokens (minimum, one) so that you can have multiple packes in process > > at once. > > Ah. I was basing my calculations on a single token. Did 4 MB token > ring have multiple tokens? AFAIK no. 4mb token ring did not have early token release, which is what makes multiple packets/ring possible. A transmitting station used to hold the token until it got back the packet it transmitted. > > Greg > Nadav To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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