Chaos here is the best answer i can give you to your question i hope it helps.
TKO in our building is used for the network backbone. Our TKO equipment is early and performs at regular Ethernet speeds at this point on a distributed backbone. If we were a large corporate network requiring gigabit speeds, we would probably have a collapsed backbone and utilize TKO for some distributed LANs within areas of a building that have either distance or wall access difficulties. Cisco gear is for traditional network solutions: WANs, LANs and most in-between communication needs. Though from what I’ve heard, TKO is going to add other components into the mix to enhance the ability to perform as a high-speed network with increased bandwidth, which opens the door for almost endless network possibilities across the board.
In a “large” network routers are required for complex routing patterns/tables (RIP or OSPF) for communication with distributed LANs/WANs etc. TKO doesn’t “replace” these network devices; it enhances the capability of the existing network and adds a great measure of flexibility to locations that are not conducive to Cat-5 and/or cost effective to install it. Or in a smaller scale network that has no need for huge bandwidth, it becomes the backbone for whatever type of distribution required and can be mixed with wireless and hardwired if desired.
As I said in my last posting, it’s great for making and controlling distributed domains and in our environment, we have one router and a couple of segments (small LANs if you will) off the backbone (TKO). In one of our lab environments we have an existing Ethernet switch that is connected into an ibridge, thereby tying the lab into the backbone that connects back to the demarcation point via coax. Since we don’t have the distance restriction with coax on TKO that we do with Cat-5, our old solution of connecting hub to hub to drive the Ethernet distances is removed.
Finally, TKO is perfect for most typical building environments that require flexible, non-invasive network solutions, for existing buildings with some form of network installed that requires modification or extension or one that has never had any network installed at all. It enables people to easily gain access to the internet and to common network resources through 10Base-T. The need for traditional networks is still a reality, but TKO has opened the door for companies that would typically be left out in the cold to come into the mix of 21st century networking with a minimal of effort and cost. You don’t need an IS department to manage TKO and like I said before, they will do it for you should that be necessary.
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