Token ring? topic hijack: was Re: Mystery open source switching

Wed Nov 3 22:01:23 UTC 2010

On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Michael Sokolov wrote:

> Michael Painter <tvhawaii at shaka.com> wrote:
>
>> Thick or Thin?
>
> Thin.  I *so* wish I had thick coaxial Ethernet, but alas, my present
> physical facility is just too small for that: my present coax Ethernet
> network is contained within a single machine room which is a converted
> bedroom.

I've found some thicknet + vampire taps in a few wiring closets of some of 
our older buildings, but it is all out of service.  It wil lget ripped out 
when that building is gutted for a major overhaul in the next 1-2 years.

jms