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A tree of concentrators in an ethernet network – Sun Microsystems 1.0 User Manual

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Figure 7-7

Basic Mixed FDDI/Ethernet Topology

A Tree of Concentrators in an Ethernet Network

A tree of concentrators of the type described on page 77 is attached to an
Ethernet network by connecting your system to the root concentrator as shown
in Figure 7-8

Figure 7-8

Tree of Concentrators Attached to an Ethernet Network

Ethernet

Ethernet

FDDI/Ethernet

IP router

FDDI/Ethernet

IP router

FDDI network

Ethernet

FDDI/Ethernet

IP router

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