[rescue] my FDDI stuff has to find a new home...

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Mon Jan 5 13:03:43 CST 2004


On Jan 5, 2004, at 2:03 AM, Kris Kirby wrote:
>>    Downgrading to Ethernet, eh?  Hope you can take the performance 
>> hit.
>
> But... FDDI is half-duplex...

   FDDI is exactly like Ethernet in that regard.  It's full-duplex only 
when used as a point-to-point connection between nodes.

   Note that the ports on a switch (be it a FDDI or Ethernet switch) 
count as "nodes" in this regard.

          -Dave

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Dave McGuire                      "My tummy hurts now, but my soul
St. Petersburg, FL                 feels a little better."     -Ed



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