Cisco and Enterasys now have some nerd knobs to allow for Type 1 usage where
it detects lookbacks in this scenario and shuts the port down to eliminate
the flood of traffic.
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Eric Fairfield
CCIE #6413
""David McGlumphy"" wrote in message
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> Yes, we've been doing it for a couple years. The only issues we have run
> into are with using 2924XL switches. When you are running token ring, the
> connectors automatically loopback when they are disconnected so that the
> ring is not broken. The 2924XL switches have a bug that causes the port
> to freak out when the connector loops back. The only way to fix this is
> to reset the switch. You have 2 options - 1. Make sure everyone knows
> not to disconnect the IBM connector end of the cable until it has been
> disconnected form the switch, or 2. remove/cut the think wire inside of
> the connector that causes the loopback. Just make sure you never need to
> use the connector in a token ring network again or you will have
> problems. Other than that, we've had surprisingly few problems.......
> Dave
>
>
>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message wrote regarding 100mb Ethernet over
> Type 1 ... [7:4897]:
>
>
> > Is it possible to run 100mb Ethernet over Type1 cabling? If so what are
> > some of the issues in doing so? Looking to cut some costs on a project.
>
> > Timothy J. Hornbeck
> > Technical Analyst III
> > Infrastructure Implementation - LAN/WAN
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