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Ask HN: Is anyone still running Token Ring or FDDI networks?
12 points by robotnikman •                         
Recent discussion on Token Ring networks has me wondering, has anyone seen any Token Ring or FDDI networks still running out there?
gus_massa •                         
Not me, but I remember when the janitor disconnecting a computer on the other side of the school killed all the net. So my guess is that everyone ran away as soon as they could.
kubanczyk •                         
Since both use rings, you might be also interested in Fibre Channel arbitrated loop topology. Newer, but still old, of no practical significance.
accrual •                         
Not me, but I'd like to get a Token Ring network setup for my retro PC lab and try some multiplayer games over it. Maybe bridge it into my regular LAN (behind a firewall of course) for testing too.