On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 17:52 +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
"Our object is to design a communication system which can grow smoothly to accommodate several buildings full of personal computers and the facilities needed for their support."
Ethernet: Distributed Packet Switching for Local Computer Networks Robert M. Metcalfe and David R. Boggs Communications of the ACM Volume 19 Issue 7, July 1976
To be fair, though, the concept of "large LAN" might have changed a little since 1976... and "buildings full" is not exactly a precise unit of measurement. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (kauer@biplane.com.au) +61-2-64957160 (h) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer/ +61-428-957160 (mob) GPG fingerprint: DA41 51B1 1481 16E1 F7E2 B2E9 3007 14ED 5736 F687 Old fingerprint: B386 7819 B227 2961 8301 C5A9 2EBC 754B CD97 0156