Okay. Playing my usual devil's advocate role, please tell me what migration path lies beyond FDDI for faster connectivity? - paul At 04:17 PM 2/6/98 -0500, Dean Anderson wrote:
For desktops, I agree completely that fast ethernet is the way to go. Fast ether hubs are cheaper and easier to wire than cddi hubs (no cross over cables required).
For a backbone, though, I would point out that FDDI is a token ring protocol, so performance is always predictable. Ethernet, and fast ethernet have performance knees. (Actually, I'm assuming Fast Ethernet will have a knee at around 70% utilization. I haven't tested that it really does). Also, both Fiber and Copper can be implemented with dual attached rings which might be an advantage for a backbone link.