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I worked on a token ring network back in the 90s. There were more employees than network ports. So every time someone complained of not having network connect
by devoutsalsa 6y ago
I worked on a token ring network back in the 90s. There were more employees than network ports. So every time someone complained of not having network connectivity, we'd find a network cable where the light on the port wasn't lit up from activity, usually because someone was out sick or on vacation. If everyone decided to come into the office, we would have had a problem, but I don't think it ever happened while I was there.
- nullc 6y agoThe cards are supposted to bypass themselves when powered off, that's what those relays were for. Later they had these MAU devices that let you build star like topologies where the mau would bypass inactive ports.
- devoutsalsa 6y agoYeah, we had an MAU, but I’d forgotten the term.