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From: chris@gargoyle.UChicago.EDU (Chris Johnston)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Codenoll Fiber modems
Message-ID: <785@gargoyle.UChicago.EDU>
Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 16:45:38 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 27 16:45:38 1987
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Keywords: IP router fiber-optics ethernet

We have both Cisco gateways and Codenol fiber optic ethernet
tranceivers (modems).

We have had been using Codenol for 3 years now and have been very
pleased with the reliability.  We have a fiber optic back bone
connected at the center by a passive star.  Gateways are at the ends
of the fiber arms.  Coax and fiber ethernets radiate from the
gateways.

This is a very good topology (no loops).  And extremely reliable
technology (no midnight cable taps destroying your network).  The
gateways protect your backbone bandwidth from most net nonsense.

For us this has been a low cost, low maintainance, high reliability
configuration.

cj


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