[HECnet] FDDI advice

[Hans Vlems]

Wouldn't that mean more than one token on a ring?


Van: Sridhar Ayengar
Verzonden: vrijdag 11 oktober 2013 19:55
Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] FDDI advice


Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote:
> Half duplex Ethernet slows down when there are collisions, but there
> is no wait to transmit whenever the link is idle. With FDDI, there
> is (you wait for the token). So at high load, half duplex Ethernet
> might be a little slower than FDDI, but at modest load, it will
> definitely be faster (lower latency).

But, doesn't the GIGAswitch get around that by generating a token for 
each port? Isn't that how switched-FDDI works?

Peace... Sridhar