Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!ron.rutgers.edu!ron From: ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Token Ring (was: Re: Info on LANs) Message-ID: Date: 3 Jan 89 14:53:12 GMT References: <12786@cup.portal.com> <920001@hposdl.HP.COM> <10777@s.ms.uky.edu> <18659@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <13096@bellcore.bellcore.com> <18672@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 11 The problem with using anecdotal evidence such as your experience with thin-ethernet interfaces and token ring cards is your experimental evidence is heavily swayed by poor throughput of the interfaces between the card and the machine it is installed in, rather than through the Ethernet. In addition, a well desigend Ethernet system will experience high capacities with low number of collisions. When we were using Proteon token ring implementations we saw a higher number of packets that went around the ring without being picked up by the destination because it wasn't ready than we ever saw Ethernet collisions. -Ron