Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Omni Switch/Router User Manual

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Dissimilar LAN Switching Capabilities

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The following table shows interoperability between dissimilar LANs with two switches where
the client and server are resident on like media types and the connection is switched over
various LAN backbone types. This table is representative of the IP and IPX protocol only.

Dissimilar LANs

Backbone

Token
Ring

FDDI

Ethernet

ATM

Token Ring to Token
Ring

No

Yes

Yes

No

FDDI to FDDI

Yes

No

Yes

No

Ethernet to Ethernet

Yes

Yes

No

No

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