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Does Anyone Still Use Token Ring?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-because-its-old-doesn't-make-it-useless dept.

blanchae asks: "Does anyone still use Token Ring, or is it dead? I remember hearing about 100 mbps TR a few years ago but nothing since. I remember that the strong point of TR over Ethernet was the QOS and the consistent response time. Does the banking community still use TR?"

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  1. Token Ring by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I experienced P2P token ring back in college. Here's how it worked: a group of peers arranged in a circular manner would pass around a named pipe. Each peer would hit the pipe, a process known as token. After a while, the pipe would be cached, and a designated peer reloaded the pipe.

    1. Re:Token Ring by edwardpickman · · Score: 5, Funny
      I experienced P2P token ring back in college. Here's how it worked: a group of peers arranged in a circular manner would pass around a named pipe. Each peer would hit the pipe, a process known as token. After a while, the pipe would be cached, and a designated peer reloaded the pipe.

      We tended to be a little more technically oriented where I went to school and used a water cooled device.