my@dtg.nsc.com (Michael Yip) (06/28/90)
There are many papers on FDDI network. One source of getting an introduction type of paper is from one of the companies making FDDI related products. National Semiconductor Corp (408) 721-6099 and AMD are currently producing FDDI chipsets. Therefore, both companies will probably have a big stack of papers in the FDDI area. When I first learn about FDDI, I read the book "Handbook of Computer Communication Standards Vol 2" by William Stallings [ISBN: 0-672-22665-0]. It presents a brief introduction to the FDDI network and it is very easy to understand -- I like it and is great for a class. The last source is the FDDI committee, ANSI committee. The document from ANSI is very detail and very very long. I used it very often as a reference at work but it is kind of hard to read and is very dry. -- Mike my@dtg.nsc.com
mjp@hprnd.HP.COM (Mike Perkins) (06/30/90)
/ hprnd:comp.dcom.lans / John.Hine@comp.vuw.ac.nz (John Hine) / 5:24 pm Jun 26, 1990 / >I am looking for a good introduction to FDDI to give to a computer >networks class. If anyone has seen a good tutorial in the past few >years I would really appreciate a reference. >jh A good overview article "The Light at the End of the LAN" is in the July 1989 issue of BYTE magazine. In five pages it covers the evolution of FDDI and compares it to Ethernet and Token Ring LANs. It refers to the OSI model, describes the DAS and SAS topology, covers the benifits of fiber, and explains group encoding. Mike
pushp@nic.cerf.net (Pushpendra Mohta) (07/02/90)
In article <1990Jun27.002430.20915@comp.vuw.ac.nz> hine@comp.vuw.ac.nz (John Hine) writes: >I am looking for a good introduction to FDDI to give to a computer >networks class. If anyone has seen a good tutorial in the past few >years I would really appreciate a reference. > >jh I would recommend the tutorial by Floyd E Ross in the Sept 89 issue of IEEE Journal of Special Areas in Communication (JSAC) --pushpendra