From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 24 22:23:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA18673 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 22:23:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (smtp04.primenet.com [206.165.6.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA18649 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 22:23:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr05.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA20033; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 23:23:15 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr05.primenet.com(206.165.6.205) via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpd019997; Tue Feb 24 23:23:09 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr05.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA10871; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 23:23:04 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199802250623.XAA10871@usr05.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Token Ring for FreeBSD yet? To: tom@sdf.com (Tom) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 06:23:04 +0000 (GMT) Cc: jak@cetlink.net, grog@lemis.com, cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us, AdamT@smginc.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, rob@f-body.org In-Reply-To: from "Tom" at Feb 24, 98 09:19:21 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Yes, it is true. 16mbs token ring is quite fast. Token-passing is a > bit of problem with large numbers of stations. Token networks make very > efficient use of network bandwidth though. In fact, a token ring of N stations allows for N/3 - 1 simultaneous tokens (minimum, one) so that you can have multiple packes in process at once. It also allows for bidirectional, if you do it right (like FDDI does). The major win is that, with a lot of active stations, you can have more simultaneously active stations than you can have with a baseband implementation (CSMA/CA vs CSMA/CD). So there are good reasons for token-ring technologies, even if they are not obvious to small offices... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message