Ethernet or VG Anylan

Bert Thomas bert at brothom.nl
Tue Nov 22 08:51:03 CST 2005


Gil Carrick wrote:
> This offer on eBay is unclear to me. 8727096878 
> 
> It says Ethernet and it says VG AnyLan. I know VG AnyLan was supposed to
> replace Ethernet, but I was not aware that anybody ever called them both
> things.
> 
> Anybody familiar with this product?

Yes, I am. What would you like to know?

Be aware: you need 'special' 100VG switches for these cards to be able 
to use them. You can't use them with a cross-cable. The switch acts like 
some sort of traffic agent and has a lot of intelligence.

Regards,
bert



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