[svlug] Networking questions.

[George Bonser]

On 12 Nov 1998, Marc MERLIN wrote:

> On 11 Nov 1998 23:35:15 -0800, George Bonser <grep at shorelink.com> wrote:
> 
> Ah?
> 
> 1) CDDI is not phased out at all. It's  the easiest way to connect a desktop
>    to a  FDDI network because you  can reuse the existing  CAT 5 wiring. The
>    Onyx sitting in my cube is connected to SGI's FDDI backbone in that way.
>    Even in the server room, we don't have enough fiber wiring, so we just use
>    FDDI over CAT-5, also known as CDDI :-)

I just said it is not is as much use anymore because the cost of fiber has
dropped so much. I have a pair of 3Com cards that have a CDDI tranciever
module that can simply be replaced with FDDI but I have neither the true
EISA motherboard nor the drivers to run them.

> 
> 2) There is support for FDDI under linux, the proof is that I have dual ring
>    FDDI network in my appartement, and my PC is obviously running linux.

THere is support, yes, but not for these particular cards. The DEC cards
are supported. The 3Com's that I have are not.


George Bonser

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