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From: jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Problems associated with Token-Ring and Twisted Pair
Message-ID: <16135@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 3 Nov 90 22:14:05 GMT
References: <28522@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Organization: Netcom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 241-9760 guest}
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In article <28522@bellcore.bellcore.com> louie@cellar.bae.bellcore.com (Paul Louie) writes:
>In the past few months, there were many auguments and counter auguments
>against and for using Token-Ring and Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) wires.
>The source of this debate I noticed range from systems integrators, LAN
>supervisors, and trade magazines.
>
>I like to know the experiences of the netters out there.  This would 
>resolve my curiosity and may help to steer away from a problem area.
>So what is it?  Is the design of TRN not suitable to UTP or maybe that
>TRN has a very low tolerant and any bad connection or radiation can
>set it crazy.
>

True story:

There's a mojor health insurance company in San Francisco that has two IBM
4/16 TR's running 3+ Open over TP (DIW). One of the rings runs near the
windows facing San Francisco Bay. Every time a ship comes into port, the TR
near the windows goes down due to ship's radar (it comes back up when the ship
goes behind an island).

Radar guns at trade shows can be fun too! (-:

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 John Robert Breeden, 
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