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Hiya Will,
On 28-01-98, whilst lying in the gutter of the information super highway, I 
heard Will Hargrave whispering to Neil Croft about Upgrade,
 GD>>>> Going to 10baseT from coax-based Ethernet will increase
 GD>>>> reliability.
 WH>>> Eh? 10Base2 is generally /less/ reliable than 10BaseT - if one
 WH>>> node
 NC>> That's what the man said Will.
 WH> Shoot me. I can't read :)
BANG!
 WH>>> Arcnet is very robust. It's not inherently unreliable.
 NC>> It's still  generally a co-ax.
 WH> Yes, but any old coax will work over short distances....
I've never seen a coax fail in the middle. I've seen dozens that fail at the 
ends.
 NC>> Do what I'm doing. Go to 16meg Token ring. =o)
 WH> Apparently Arcnet was available in 100mbits???
Pass. I know IBM are working on kilobit TR. Whoosh.
 NC>> Anyone care to work out the theoretical and practical improvements in
 NC>> performance of 16meg Token Ring over 10base2 Ethernet?
 WH> Depends a lot on usage, I would think.
3 or 4 PCs. IBM 16/4 ISA cards. AT&T Cat 5 wiring (No rubbish here matey), vs 
3Com Combo cards and a rough bit of coax I put in.
  /| /        neil.croft@capgemini.co.uk
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