[rescue] FDDI primer

[Kurt Mosiejczuk]

On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Dave McGuire wrote:

> On January 17, Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote:
> > So, it's got me wondering... if I wanted to go to a FDDI setup, how
> > would I?

>   Get FDDI stuff, put it together, move data! ;)

> > Do people have recommendations on stuff?

[excellent recommendations deleted]

>   Approximate eBay pricing for some of these boards:

[excellent price guidelines deleted]

>   As for concentrators...Get a Cisco WS-C1400.  They show up on eBay all
> the time.  Don't pay more than $100.00 for it.  They have two
> slots...make sure there the one you buy has at least one line card.
> These are wonderful boxes.  They're 2U rackmount.

Sweet, I'll look.

[More excellent info on connectors deleted]

>   Would you like some more technical information to read about?  I can
> type some more later today if you're interested.  I can tell you
> basically how it works, how it's better than ethernet, the rules for
> connecting things together, etc etc..

Yes.  You and James S. provided GREAT information.  Thank you very much.
And I'd love to hear more about the workings if you have time.  I love
this stuff =)

--Kurt