nettable_walker wrote: > > 12/11/2002 6:42pm Wednesday > > Professionals, I never (thankfully) had to work with FDDI --- > however --- > I was able to land two 4500's & two Nortel ASN's real cheap for > my home lab. > All 4 routers have dual ethernet, quad serial, & MMF FDDI > modules. > I also have a MMF FDDI NIC card for my NT server > I would like to use FDDI for the backbone but am not sure what > the missing > piece is. > Am I looking for a 3Com linkbuilder ? Or a FDDI blade for my > 5505 Catalyst > ? What generates the rings ?
Cables generate the ring! :-) FDDI uses a dual ring actually. A dual-attached station on the ring has two ports - an A port, where the primary ring comes in and the secondary ring goes out, and a B port where the secondary ring comes in, and the primary goes out. You could also use a concentrator if your routers are meant to be single-attached stations. In this case, they would have an S (slave) port. There's a good FDDI tutorial here: http://www.iol.unh.edu/training/fddi/htmls/ It would at least give you some background to help you figure out the easiest/cheapest topology and equipment. _______________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer www.troubleshootingnetworks.com www.priscilla.com > > Someone please make a suggestion. > > Thanks, > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=59027&t=59023 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
