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FDDI can run full duplex, as for the other two things its a matter of opinion & conditions. (One I agree with, but still opinion). -Deepak. On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Lewis Eatherton wrote: > FDDI would be my last choice. 100MB ethernet can be run full duplex, is > less expensive, and far easier to troubleshoot. > > At 07:42 PM 2/5/98 -0500, Charles Sprickman wrote: > >Hi, > > > >We colocate with our upstream, so we (thankfully) don't have to deal with > >Bell Atlantic for our main Internet connection. We are currently running > >a 10Mb ethernet link to our provider, but our contract allows for more > >than that should we ever need it. Since the Bay ASN we now use will soon > >be history and will be replaced by a shiny new(?) Cisco, I'm thinking of > >upgrading the link now rather than later. > > > >We have a choice of FDDI or 100Mb ethernet. I'm thinking FDDI is better, > >and not too much more expensive for our side. Are there any negatives > >with FDDI? How does the 4000(?) Byte MTU affect things? All of our > >outgoing links, T1 and ether are all 1500. Does the work of fragmenting > >the packets down to 1500 amount to anything? All this talk about MTUs has > >got me wondering. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Charles > > > >~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Charles Sprickman Internet Channel > >INCH System Administration Team (212)243-5200 > >[email protected] [email protected] > > > > > > > Lewis Eatherton > Network Architect > SegaSoft, Inc > 650.654.2318 >
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