> Rick Clark asks:
> <snip>
> > What impact would [using 100 mbps cards on our NT network have]
> > our HP connections,  that run at 10mbs ...?
>
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>
> > Anyone out there run a 100mbs network?
> > What is the actual speed of a 100mbs network?
>
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> One final note.  Even though I believe the superior technology lies
> with HP, they lost the marketing war with 100VG-AnyLAN, and the
> vast majority of networking hardware manufacturers are supporting
> Fast Ethernet before 100VG-AnyLAN.  But remember, you can still
> use 100VG-AnyLAN in a Fast Ethernet environment given the same
> restrictions you are faced with in a 10 mbps v. 100 mbps environment.
>
 
We, too, are on the very edge of installing HP 100VG technology almost
throughout the campus (with HP's Advance STack 2000 switches) and it
looks to have excellent use of the bandwidth. As to the marketing
issues, I believe the battle is only now begining. HP did loose the "PR"
war, but when folks installing 100 Mbs technology actualy try to make
video and other high-bandwidth applications work, they may come over to
100VG or they will move on to some other, newer, faster, technology.
 
We're be using FDDI to get a higher bandwidth connection for the 3000s
and 9000s (with the translation to 100VG done by the AS 2000 switch).
 
Richard ([log in to unmask])