[rescue] The Practical Guide to FDDI

[Joshua D. Boyd]

Additional information for your guide.

http://www.siliconsamsara.org/PracFDDI/page7.html

"There are probably several models of switch which can do both FDDI and
Fast Ethernet, but the only one that I'm familiar with is the HP
Advancestack 2000. "

The 3com LanPlex 2500 has two highspeed card slots and two low speed
card slots.  The low speed slots always seem to be used for 10base
ethernet, either 10baseT or 10baseFL.  The two high speed slots have a
few options.  FDDI cards for that slot are extremely common.  100baseTX
cards are fairly common (mine cost me $50 less than a year ago).  And
there are ATM cards which I've never actually seen in the wild.  So, it
might take some patience at this point, but you should be able to get a
LanPlex 2500 with FDDI and 1 fast ethernet port for under $100.  Then
you will still need a concentrator and a seperate fast ethernet switch,
but it would be easier than building a dedicated router out of a PC or sun.