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- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 16:57:01 EDT
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- From: 4D Penguin <troy@uhunix.BITNET>
- Subject: Ethernet
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- Yu Chong Ho writes:
- Thank you for those who offer me info about ethernet. Ethernet can
- transmit data at the rate of 10 million bits per second. This is
- the second fastest network (The fastest one is FDDI, 100 million
- bits per second). Also, ethernet will work perfectly smooth with
- A/UX. And now Mac Quadura has built-in ethernet card. In near
- future we will put all our Macs on ethernet. Our students can use
- one terminal (Mac) to access virtually every system!
- However, I have another question: the connection for ethernet is
- 10baseT hub. Do we need one hub for every Mac, or just one for
- a group of machines?
-
- The answer is no. You do not need one hub for every Mac. You
- only need one 10BaseT port per node (device on the net). Ethernet
- vendors, such as Asante, offer great deals on 10T/12 and 10T/8 hubs
- (12 and 8 ports, respectively). If you will be buying these hubs
- for a university, Asante does provide a 50% discount program for
- higher education applications. These bring the intelligent 10T/12
- (smart) hubs down to dumb-hub prices. Check it out. Here at UH, the
- College of Education secured such an agreement with Asante (this
- agreement, however, requires that atleast a 100 products be purchased
- (systemwide/site) in a one year period. I believe this applies to CARDS,
- but I advise contacting the company directly).
-
- Asante Technologies, Inc. (800) 662-9686
-
- If you'll be networking a large number of devices together, I recommend
- using a small thinnet backbone (bus topology) to connect all your hubs
- together... rather than going down one level from an intelligent 12-port
- hub. Most of these hubs provide redundant backbone schemes that supports
- multi-media cabling (thick, thin, fiber), so it will certainly help if you're
- on a budget.
-
- Hope this helps...
-
- -Troy
-
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