Re: FDDI vs Fast Switched Ethernet
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 - that stuff isn't cheap. Have fun.
> Is FDDI any quicker than 100 Base-T? The network load is quite heavy -
> streaming large (>4gb) ISO's, copying large files to/from file server and
> other general network access.
FDDI will not offer any speed benefit over switched Fast Ethernet. The
benefits of FDDI are longer range and redundancy (if you setup dual rings
and put a host on both rings).
Adam
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