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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. Examing the publishing by CRCulver · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is clearly a lot of research going on, with results published, as in Raja's Optimal bandwidth utilization in wireless token ring networks released earlier this year. However, 1998 was the last big year for user's guides, which indicates that this technology has long since fallen from the mainstream and now survives only in academia.