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From: hargrove@bee.corp.sgi.com (Mark Hargrove)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: FDDI as a network backbone
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Date: 2 Jun 91 03:01:58 GMT
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I've recently heard it alleged that using FDDI technology as a network
backbone (as a way of aggregating multiple ethernets) would be a
disaster.  Further, I was told that FDDI is a very fragile technology,
not suitable for production networks, not really suitable for much
at all outside the lab -- and probably never would be.  

Does anybody with actual experience with running a large, production
network that includes FDDI as an important part of the transport have
a concurring or dissenting opinion about this?  I've got some 
very important decisions facing me, and I don't want to do the
wrong thing.

-M