| Title: | FDDI - The Next Generation |
| Moderator: | NETCAD::STEFANI |
| Created: | Thu Apr 27 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2259 |
| Total number of notes: | 8590 |
My customer wants to bridge two LAN's 20 km apart, can he simply use
two DECbridge 518's connected with single mode fiber, or does he need
to use a concentrator ?
Thanks in advance.
Tony
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 570.1 | It works, but | LEVERS::S_JACOBS | Live Free and Prosper | Thu May 14 1992 12:10 | 21 |
We have done this in the lab, and it works. An S-port to S-port
connection is legal, however I believe it is not recommended. Maybe
some other noter can supply the reasoning. An alternative would be to
connect two 528's in a DAS ring, but it would require two fiber-pairs
instead of one. You could also use a concentrator with a single-mode
port card. In that case the concentrator would sit next to one of the
bridges, and you could use the cheaper multi-mode cable to connect the
two.
DB510 DC500 DB518
w/ SM port card
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multi- single-mode
mode
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| 570.2 | S to S is OK | QUIVER::PARISEAU | Luc Pariseau | Thu May 14 1992 18:08 | 9 |
I don't know of any reason why S to S (or S to A or S to B) would not be recommended. It is perfectly legal and works fine. Luc ps. Well, OK, in this case S to A or S to B if you had a DAS bridge would be fine. If you do this on a trunk ring you would wrap the ring. Still legal but not recommended. | |||||
| 570.3 | KONING::KONING | Paul Koning, A-13683 | Mon May 18 1992 13:50 | 6 | |
Right. S to S is perfectly valid and is very definitely worth recommending in a number of places. One thing you do need to keep in mind: it is exclusively a two-station connection. If you want to add a third node, you have to introduce a concentrator at that time. paul | |||||