Computer Networking Basics

[Roger M. Jenson]

I bumped into the following YouTube video today explains the basics of
computer network communication while comparing Token Ring to Ethernet.

Token Ring, the Betamax of Networking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjLctlmZSp4

Have Fun,
Roger M. Jenson

[Tom]

In the distant past, when I had to work on a token ring network, nobody (except the customer) ever referred to it as anything other than broken ring.

 

My favorite bit of lore was the dropped token. Only the station holding the token could speak. If the handoff in the circulation of the token went wrong, it was described to me as a bunch of people standing mutely around in a circle, all unable to speak, all staring stupidly at the token laying on the floor. Then came the beaconing. Then the Vintage Season.

 

That last bit was for Glenn. ;-)

 

-T

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[Glenn Holmer]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 9:26 AM Tom <a50m...@gmail.com> wrote:

My favorite bit of lore was the dropped token. Only the station holding the token could speak. If the handoff in the circulation of the token went wrong, it was described to me as a bunch of people standing mutely around in a circle, all unable to speak, all staring stupidly at the token laying on the floor. Then came the beaconing. Then the Vintage Season.

 

That last bit was for Glenn. ;-)

If Token-Ring was my Vintage Season, it was a season of hell.

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"After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe."