FDDI cables

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Thu Jul 26 04:03:38 2001

On July 26, gwynp_at_artware.qc.ca wrote:
> > Wacky? Umm, no. Spewing a packet onto a shared medium and then
> > detecting the presence of noise on the line to indicate a collision,
> > then retransmitting at a random interval until the packet gets through
> > is wacky. Deploying 100baseT everywhere and then putting everything
> > on a MAC-layer-bridged port (thus defeating one of the primary design
> > principles of the networking technology in use) to get anywhere near a
> > usable level of performance is wacky.
>
> But less expensive.

  So are Ford Festivas...you get what you pay for. I realize that I'm a
dying breed, but I prefer using the right tool for the job.

    -Dave McGuire
Received on Thu Jul 26 2001 - 04:03:38 BST