From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 24 22:26:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA19474 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 22:26:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA19451 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 22:26:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA10780; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:56:13 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id QAA27961; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:56:13 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980225165613.45832@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:56:13 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Terry Lambert , Tom Cc: jak@cetlink.net, cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us, AdamT@smginc.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, rob@f-body.org Subject: Re: Token Ring for FreeBSD yet? References: <199802250623.XAA10871@usr05.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199802250623.XAA10871@usr05.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Wed, Feb 25, 1998 at 06:23:04AM +0000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 25 February 1998 at 6:23:04 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >> 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. Ah. I was basing my calculations on a single token. Did 4 MB token ring have multiple tokens? Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message