[ntp:questions] Re: NTP sync on a standalone network (Windows 2k)

Eugen COCA ecoca at eed.usv.ro
Sat Aug 19 05:46:50 UTC 2006


Richard B. Gilbert wrote:

> No thanks.  I could buy the fiber NICs but I'm afraid that the
> hub/switch would bankrupt me!!  I've seen fiber used for gigabit links
> between 10/100 switches but that's about all.

You may use a direct link between 2 NICs on fiber optic, without
switches. The price of the link is around 250 USD.

And, after all, you may use Ethernet to fiber converters (around 75USD
a piece) and ordinary Ethernet cards. And you'll have the same result.
We have several links like this ...




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