> (You say you're going to lay fiber and call that "FDDI". FDDI is a
> networking protocol (ie PPP, Token Ring, ATM, Ethernet) not a physical
> cabling spec/designation like cat5. So, while I don't want to sound
> rude... I hope you know what equiptment you actually have :P I mean,
> is there a c
An advanatge of FDDI over FastEthernet is that you can have a
significantly larger MTU. This may or may not be a good thing
depending on your traffic patterns and networking applications. There
may be a slight speed benefit to FDDI in a "quite heavy streaming
large (>4gb) ISO's" application where
Pete,
On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 10:29:35PM +0100, Pete Clarke wrote:
> I currently have a switched fast ethernet network installed in my house.
> Each room has network points, and all traffic goes through Cat 5e cables
> and10/100 switches.
As far as I know Cat5e (which is better quality tah Cat5)
Pete Clarke wrote:
> I have the opportunity to play with fiber (FDDI) - my question is has
> anyone any exprience of FDDI adaptors in linux, and what the relative pros
> and cons are - cost is not a problem for this project as I already have
> the FDDI cards/cables/switches/hubs etc.
Lucky you -
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