Kirk’s article discusses some new capabilities available to give you high speed on your local network. We have a more detailed explanation, as well as some common configuration examples on our WEB Page (http://www.kmj.com/fast/fasteth.html). Take a peek at these, send us an e-mail or give us a call.
Jack Borchgrevink from Netlink talks about how you can use Frame Relay to get your information over a wide area network. It is something that you should consider in addition to branch routers to connect smaller sites to your corporate frame relay network. We have a re-print from August 1995 Data Communications magazine on our WEB Page (http://www.kmj.com/netlink/frad.html) or we can send it to you.
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Outline: What is Fast Ethernet How does it differ from "Regular" Ethernet How does it differ from VG/AnyLAN What are the Advantages/Disadvantages of each What is Full Duplex Ethernet How does it differ from Half Duplex Ethernet When/Why do you need Full Duplex What is Switched Ethernet What are the Advantages/ Disadvantages of Switching Can you combine Fast and Switched Ethernet Why would you want it to When does it make sense to do so Costs Involved Time Required Does it make sense for you and your company?
