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IBM 8229 Bridge 1994 Industry Benchmark Local Token Ring Bridge Performance

Sponsor: IBM Corporation
IBM 8229 Bridge 1994 Industry Benchmark Local Token Ring Bridge Performance

Abstract

IBM commissioned Tolly to benchmark the source-rout bridging throughput of the IBM 8229 local Token Ring bridge. 

With 4,096-byte frames, the bridge achieved throughput of 15.86Mbps on 16Mbps LAN ports.