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From: ian@ukpoit.co.uk (Ian Spare)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: How is UTP fault-tolerant?
Message-ID: <1991May21.141043.21015@ukpoit.co.uk>
Date: 21 May 91 14:10:43 GMT
References: <1991May20.133442.1309@banana.fedex.com>
Reply-To: ian@ukpoit.co.uk (Ian Spare)
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In article <1991May20.133442.1309@banana.fedex.com> bill@banana.fedex.com (bill daniels) writes:
>other UTP-oriented devices.  Would someone please explain how UTP
>and concentrators enable one to establish a more reliable net?  This
>was all news to me.
>


With pleasure ....

We have two nets for RD&D , one UTP and one Thin-ethernet. 

In the UTP net there is an ethernet repeater giving UTP ports , I can add or 
remove devices on this without knocking out the net ( unless the two devices
are talking of course !!! ) compare and contrast with my thin net where speed
is of the essence and all Unix consoles start getting retry counts 
exceeded etc.

Also if a user has a PC , say 200 feet away , connected via UTP and has the 
cunning  idea of re-arranging his furniture when he breaks the thinnet
the whole segment doesn't go down.

UTP wins hands down , but it's a pain when you run out repeater ports or
just need an extra one for a demo and can't find one free.


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