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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:10125 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:12923 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3598 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoregon.edu!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!usenet From: "Amancio Hasty, Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Ethernet as a limitation, was Re: Internet service providing-which OS? Date: 25 Jul 1995 21:20:30 GMT Organization: TLGnet, a division of RGNet, Inc. Lines: 32 Message-ID: <3v3n6u$mol@kadath.zeitgeist.net> References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <3upmq7$11f@agate.berkeley.edu> <3urba1$cgl@blob.best.net> <3us870$15o@agate.berkeley.edu> <3uumir$k96@bug.rahul.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: rah.star-gate.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386) X-URL: news:3uumir$k96@bug.rahul.net Steven Bjork <bjork@rahul.net> wrote: >In article <3us870$15o@agate.berkeley.edu>, >Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@violet.berkeley.edu> wrote: >>In article <3urba1$cgl@blob.best.net>, Matt Dillon <dillon@best.com> wrote: > >>> Gentlemen. If I remember correctly, ftp.cdrom.com is sitting on >>> a BARRNET T3 backbone and, on average, pulls about 6 MBytes / sec > >>It's on the T3 backbone, but is connected to same via a 10mb/sec ethernet >>connection which it pretty much maxes out. 1 T1 = 1.54 Mb, yes? So >>saying that 10Mb = 7 T1s is not that poor of an approximation. > >So 10m bit/sec ethernet is a *limitation* !! > >Time for some 100 base T, no? > >../Steven Well there is FDDI support and 100 base T support on FreeBSD the question now is if whatever FreeBSD is talking has FDDI or 100 base T support or how much will it cost to add such support . On the FreeBSD side, is relatively cheap to add 100 base T and FDDI is less than $700. -- Amancio Hasty Hasty Software Consulting Services Tel: 415-495-3046, Fax 415-495-3046, Cellular: 415-309-8434 e-mail: hasty@star-gate.com