""Ejay Hire"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Full-Duplex/Half-Duplex settings do not apply in a Token ring environment.
>
> Duplex settings deterrmine whether or not a system can recieve and
transmit
> at the smae time in a CSMA/_C_ollision _D_etect (Ethernet) environment.
> Token Ring Does not use CSMA/CD, but use token-passing instead.
>
> On a Token Ring network, only one system transmits at a time, all of the
> others listen.
I am very sorry, but this is misinformation.
Token RIng full duplex support has absolutely nothing to do with the token
passing nature of the protocol, still less the CSMA/CD protocol of Ethernet,
which is not under discussion at all.
Token Ring networks do support the use of full duplex operation if the
stations are attached to a switch. Token Ring switches, just like ISDN, ATM,
Ethernet and so on, support full duplex operation.
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