Re: Ethernet Cable Length

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From: John Chapple
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 00:00

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In article <eOmD4CAlI5E3EwWU@wychcraft.demon.co.uk>, Barry Smith
<Sax@wychcraft.demon.SPAMco.uk> writes
>Anything in excess of this will require two or more seperate ethernets.
>In other words use a repeater to separate nets. A repeater is a device
>that has addressing tables which allow it to determine which port, if
>any, to forward a packet on.
I thought a repeater was simply an amplifier, no routing tables were
involved?
-- 
John Chapple

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