Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!samsung!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!csn!boulder!daemon From: byczynsk@udel.edu (Larry Byczynski) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco Subject: Re: campus network configuration Message-ID: <31741@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Date: 23 Jan 91 23:27:15 GMT Sender: daemon@boulder.Colorado.EDU Lines: 5 In response to your question, does it appear reasonable, if the big router is yours, why do you need the IGS's? Also, keeping within the 802.3 specifications of 1km for fiber links, is not necessary when extending an ethernet from one host to another. It is a matter of propegation delay. For more info, send mail to byczynsk@huey.udel.edu.