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Re: what about 48 bits?
From: John Kristoff <jtk () cymru com>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 07:29:08 -0500
On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:02:12 -0400 joel jaeggli <joelja () bogus com> wrote:
Ah, but what _caused_ Ethernet to become ubiquitous, given the price was initially comparable?Early standardization.
In one of my other favorite books, Gigabit Ethernet, Rich Seifert says: "[...] IBM was the only computer *systems* manufacturer actively promoting a Token Ring-based strategy. Ultimately, the reason we build networks is to attach the computers that supports the users' applications. Network equipment vendors provide products to support the interconnection of the computers, but the network is the means, not the end. Ethernet had the necessary broad support from many computer systems manufacturers from the very beginning, including not only the original DIX consortium, but also major players like Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and dozens of others." John
Current thread:
- Re: what about 48 bits?, (continued)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 05)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Steven Bellovin (Apr 05)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Nick Hilliard (Apr 05)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Jeroen van Aart (Apr 07)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Vince Fuller (Apr 08)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Barry Shein (Apr 05)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Steven Bellovin (Apr 05)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Bill Stewart (Apr 05)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Stephen Sprunk (Apr 06)
- Re: what about 48 bits? joel jaeggli (Apr 06)
- Re: what about 48 bits? John Kristoff (Apr 07)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Roland Perry (Apr 07)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Joe Greco (Apr 07)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Roland Perry (Apr 07)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Joe Greco (Apr 07)
- Hubs on a NIC (was:Re: what about 48 bits?) Lamar Owen (Apr 07)
- Re: Hubs on a NIC (was:Re: what about 48 bits?) Joe Greco (Apr 07)
- Re: Hubs on a NIC (was:Re: what about 48 bits?) Steven Bellovin (Apr 07)
- Re: Hubs on a NIC (was:Re: what about 48 bits?) Joe Greco (Apr 08)
- Re: Hubs on a NIC (was:Re: what about 48 bits?) Roland Perry (Apr 08)
- Re: what about 48 bits? Michael Thomas (Apr 07)