bloomer@rodson.crd.ge.com (John Bloomer) (10/08/90)
I've heard rumors that the move to FDDI from Ethernet isn't always worth the investment - at least when using a Sun FDDI board. I'm told their data rate is only slightly better than current Ethernet. I'd guess that's a Sun architecture issue... Also rumored is that multiple FDDI connects, effectively interleaving communications, helps mitigate this issue. Isn't there a faster, more cost-effective Ethernet solution? Could someone put some numbers or references on this? I'd like to hear some REAL thruput numbers from a Sun FDDI board owner too. John J. Bloomer <jbloomer@crd.ge.com, uunet!mozart.crd.com!bloomer > KWC317, General Electric Corporate Research and Development, (518)387-6964 PO Box 8, Schenectady NY 12301