Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pyrdc!pyrnj!rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!ron.rutgers.edu!ron From: ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: In search of an inexpensive fiber "backbone" Message-ID: Date: 11 Oct 88 01:09:38 GMT References: <1581@csun.edu> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 12 We've been using the Fibercom Ethernet product. Essentially this is a token ring network that has attach boxes that look like Ethernet transceivers to the host. You can make the Ring look like a bus as you picture (or you can make a star out of it, a true ring, a hat, or a big tree, or ...). -Ron The amusing thing is that the older single ring units work just fine even when they aren't plugged in. Our Fibercom rep was stumped by that. -Ron