Does anyone have any PDF's or an original manual for sale for the Packet
Engines PowerRail 5200 series switches? We lost ours. Alcatel is not helping
us now. No support...
Thanks.............................................

I have a question about the combination of flow control and priorities in
Ethernet. As far as I can see from the PAUSE frame description there is no
way to tell what traffic priority a PAUSE frame belongs to, thus all
priorities will be stopped when a PAUSE frame is received. So ...

in this book: TCP/IP Protocol Suite
3.1
three factors are related in the CSMA/CD standard:
the minimum frame length, the data transmission rate,

I am having an interesting problem:
We expanded network using fiber to a newly acquired building at ~100Yd from
where the old network ended. We used a pair of media converter(10/100
Fiber-Copper) and a finer to complete the project.

I just bought a notebook PC that has integrated 802.11g wireless
capabilities.  I was thinking of buying a Linksys WRT54G router.  I
currently have the Linksys BEFSR41 router through which I connect a Windows
95 PC and a Windows 98SE PC.  I have never had a problem with this router ...

I am not sure if this is the correct place to get an answer for my
question. I just wanted to give it a try. If this is not the correct
place and you know of any other links where I can get more info,
please mail me.

I've had a look at a paper by Boggs, Mogul and Kent, entitled
"Measured Capacity of an Ethernet: Myths and Reality".
I wonder how the material in that paper still applies to current
configurations of LANs, where the coaxial cable has been replaced

and not for the first time in my life. if you could help me by telling
me the name of the thing i am trying to do and the hardware that might
help me do it i can help myself.
i live at the end of a CAT5 ethernet cable that is hooked to a Linksys

I need some help deciding for the proper way of extending the network at the
school where I am teaching: can I just extend one new branch to a different
room and connect another switch or should I replace the existing switch at
the nearest point with a new one (more ports) and ...

Can multicast addresses used as  source address in ethernet packets??

hi all, we're getting dsl and want to add a router...after some
searching i came up with these
Nexland Pro400
DLink DI-804

I am having a problem connecting to my Extreme Networks summit 24e3
switch through the console port and hopefully someone here could
assist me.
I am using linux and am trying to reach me switch through minicom.

IEEE 802.1D specifies some reserved address for multicast
01-80-c2-00-00-00 to
01-80-c2-00-00-0f.If a layer 2 switch receives any one of these
addresses on a particular port as DA what should be the behaviour of

How is multicasting acheived in Layer 2 switches?could any one assist me in this.

I am networking newbie and need some help.
There are 2 PCs running Windows2000 and I am thinking of making them
share internet and files.
So I did a bit of web search and it is still confusing for me.