[rescue] Re: CDDI/FDDI from Cisco (old stuff--any good?)

[Robert Novak]

On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Michael S. Schiller wrote:

> With all this discussion of FDDI & CDDI, are they really faster than
> 100bt ethernet?

I asked a guru friend locally, and he said FDDI's better than FE if you're
running half duplex FE, but you're stupid if you're running fast ethernet
half duplex. 

I suspect switched fast ethernet will be functionally equivalent to FDDI,
maybe better if the FDDI is just concentrator'ed. But it's not as cool to
say you're running fast ethernet at home. And how many of us DON'T do a
lot of what we do because of the coolness factor? :-)

--Rob
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