[rescue] FDDI go fast!

[jwbirdsa at picarefy.com]

   The verdict: if all you have is 3Com cards, don't bother unless you're
desperate.

   Typical transfer rate between 3C805 cards: 120Kbytes per second.

   Typical transfer rate between DEFPA cards: 2000-2600Kbytes per second.

   DEFPA cards *rock*.

   I also discovered why the meter on my Cisco concentrator appeared to not
react to local transfers: the 3C805s could not transmit fast enough to
register on the meter. Fooey.

   --James B.