[geeks] FDDI

[Eric Dittman]

>    It's not a switch, it's a concentrator...more like a hub than a 
> switch, although it doesn't come with the same "oh no, collisions!" 
> stigma that a non-switching ethernet hub would have, since FDDI doesn't 
> have collisions because it was well-designed in the first place.
> 
>    Metcalf was WRONG.

Something interesting to consider is what is considered an
acceptable error rate on Ethernet vs. FDDI.
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Eric Dittman
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