Tokenring is more expensive because the volumes that are deployed are much less than the volume of Ethernet ports that are deployed, this driving up the cost.
hope this helps, G --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "itsharkopath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to networking. I have read that ethernet is cheaper > option that Token ring. By what % is token ring expensive in a > typical case compared to ethernet implementation.Both use same amount > of wiring, don't they ? > then is it expensive to buid the NIC for Token ring (in general > principle, it seems to be simpler logic than ethernet) or is it > expensive patents or some thing else, > > Thanx in advance. > > -shar ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/5AhqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ******* Wireless LAN Weblog - WLAN Forum http://www.wireless--lan.com/ Wireless LAN Search http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=6750665 Wireless LAN Jobs - WLAN Jobs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wlanjobs/ http://www.azhttp.com/ <a href="http://www.azhttp.com/";> Arizona High Tech Talent Partnership</a> http://www.science-fairs.com/ <a href="http://www.science-fairs.com/";> Science Fairs</a> If you got this from someone else you can join at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wirelesslan/ or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wirelesslan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
