G T Smith wrote: > > At that time with a 4/16Mb bandwidth range, dual ring tolerance (you had > to chop the cable twice to break the ring) and a very stable loading > characteristic, it was a faster and more reliable option than ethernet > at a max of 10Mbs. Token Ring networks only tended to slow down when all > tokens were in use, whereas for ethernet because of contention issues > the only time you are likely to use the full bandwidth was if you have > only two machines on the line working in duplex. One or two machines can > flatten a whole segment, something that impossible with token ring. > > Variants of the technology are still in use high speed backbones. http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse473-05/ftp/i_9lan/sld015.htm ;-) -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org>
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