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Article #34427Re: Ethernet Cable Length
From: Ernest
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:00
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In article <19990412.2155.4684snz@michaels.demon.co.uk>
4ms2u$ms@michaels.demon.co.uk "Michael Salem" writes:
Hello Michael
I was treating the 600m thing separately from the max number of
hubs thing. My fault.
> You can't daisy-chain hubs because you'd need too many (which is what
> I was thinking of when I posted). You might be able to manage: one
> end; 100m UTP; hub; 100m UTP; hub; 185m thin Ethernet; repeater; 185m
> thin Ethernet; hub; 100m UTP; other end.
>
> Or fibre, or thick Ethernet.
I think for the 600m reach I'd use some form of wan connection
between two lans, one at each end. Anything else seems to be pushing
the technology too far towards its limits and becomes messy. It'd cost
but what the hell. :)
Bye
Ernest
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ernest at Noel Systems, near Kingston-upon-Thames (UK)
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