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for additional capabilities (e.g., OSI, TCP/IP, IPX protocols). It is data loadable onboard
the aircraft via the FDDI interface to support future brouter software upgrades. If you
would like to play with network configuration and deployment on a Boeing 777 jetliner,
you can purchase one from Boeing for about $150 million. At that price, the networks are
included.
25. Can FDDI interface with an ATM network?
Of course. In fact, high-speed technologies such as Cabletron’s Gigaswitch and the
Cisco Catalyst series of switches support not only FDDI networks but also ATM networks
in the same box at the ...
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