Token ring ties MIT Ethernet local nets. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

MIT relies on a token-ring backbone network to link over 20 Ethernet local networks throughout its campus. The network has 23 Ethernet networks supporting 2,500 computers in approximately 50 buildings on campus. In 1984, MIT choose Proteon Inc's ProNet-10, 10M-bps fiber-optic token-ring network...

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Published in:	Network world 1989-05, Vol.6 (17), p.27
Main Author:	DiDio, Laura
Format:	Magazinearticle
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Backbone Network Backbone networks Computer Facilities Ethernet LAN Local area networks Massachusetts Institute of Technology System Design Systems analysis Telecommunications systems Token Ring Network Token ring networks Universities and Colleges
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Summary:	MIT relies on a token-ring backbone network to link over 20 Ethernet local networks throughout its campus. The network has 23 Ethernet networks supporting 2,500 computers in approximately 50 buildings on campus. In 1984, MIT choose Proteon Inc's ProNet-10, 10M-bps fiber-optic token-ring network because it could support a greater network distance than an Ethernet backbone. MIT's current network consists of DEC MicroVAX II machines running MIT-developed internetwork routing software that are used as gateways linking Ethernet networks to the token-ring backbone. MIT also uses Transmission Control Protocol-Internet Protocol. In addition, internetwork routers contain a token-ring adapter and an Ethernet adapter. The routers strip the header from an Ethernet data packet and replace it with a token-ring header, and serve as buffers, isolating problems on a particular local network.
ISSN:	0887-7661