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Benefits
The basic benefits of FDDI are redundancy, 100-Mb/s data rate, and the
durability of the fiber itself. Since FDDI is a mature technology, FDDI
interfaces are very common today. This allows for a great deal of
flexibility in connectivity. Many vendors support FDDI for the interfaces
on their network devices. Often it is the backbone of choice in a
heterogeneous collection of server and client platforms.
Segmentation between various workgroups is done with the local top-
of-stack switches.
Rules of Thumb
Considerations
During the early development of Fast Ethernet, two different groups worked out
standards proposals-and both were finally approved, but under different IEEE
committees. One standard became IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet and the other became
100VG-AnyLAN, which is now governed by the IEEE 802.12 committee. The latter
uses the "demand priority" medium access method instead of CSMA/CD.
The higher frequency used in the Fast Ethernet standard is prone to attenuation, so
cable distance is more limited than in the Ethernet 10Base-T specification. If the
encoding scheme of traditional Ethernet were used with Fast Ethernet, the high-end
frequency would be above 200 Mhz. That is double the maximum frequency rating of
Category 5 cable.
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The next several slides “review” a variety of media with more specifics about each.
Fast Ethernet
PPT Slide
Topology
Topology
Topology
Types of FDDI
Review Questions
Switched Ethernet
Switched Ethernet
Switched Ethernet
Switched Ethernet
Switched FDDI
Review Questions
PPT Slide
ATM Disadvantages
Fiber Channel
More about Fiber Channel
Review Questions