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On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Joe Rhett wrote: > > > It is actually quite hard in practice to push a FDDI switch > > into trouble, although theoretically it should be simple, modulo > > the interesting effects that token-withholding can produce. > > Hm. Not sure what you mean. FDDI can certainly be over-utilized, that's > not hard. On the other hard, FDDI doesn't fall down and die like > Ethernet does when congested. > > > In practice, the limiting factor will tend to be the per-port > > bandwidth rather than the aggregate bandwidth. One would have At the Atlanta-NAP we offer full duplex FDDI, why not try to get MFS to do it? Cisco now has a full duplex FDDI card, so you can do 200 Mbs into the NAP. Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Tracking the future today! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone (703)524-4800 NetRail, Inc. Fax (703)534-5033 2007 N. 15 St. Suite 5 Email [email protected] Arlington, Va. 22201 WWW http://www.netrail.net/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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