pcb@basin04.cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) (02/20/91)
Sorry for this questions but here goes...I am setting up a new network...compuads 386's, compuad/WD ethernet cards, and netware 386. Software: drivers, win3, tcp, ipx, ... no problem I am going to get rg58 wire. What are the length limits on thin wires between machines? Where can I find a book to tell me this? My other two nets have wires about 5' long. I want to connect two machines to the server which is located in another room with the main lab. The distance is about 120'. Do I need a piece of thick? If so, do I need a repeater or can I just connect the thick to thin on each end? /*----------- Thanks in advance... --------------------------------------+ | Peter C. Bahrs | | The USL-NASA Project | | Center For Advanced Computer Studies INET: pcb@swamp.cacs.usl.edu | | 2 Rex Street | | University of Southwestern Louisiana ...!uunet!dalsqnt!gator!pcb | | Lafayette, LA 70504 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
gaj@hpctdja.HP.COM (Gordon Jensen) (02/21/91)
>/ hpctdja:comp.dcom.lans / pcb@basin04.cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) / 7:52 pm Feb 19, 1991 / >Sorry for this questions but here goes...I am setting up a new >network...compuads 386's, compuad/WD ethernet cards, and netware 386. >Software: drivers, win3, tcp, ipx, ... no problem >I am going to get rg58 wire. What are the length limits on thin wires >between machines? Where can I find a book to tell me this? >My other two nets have wires about 5' long. I want to connect two >machines to the server which is located in another room with the main >lab. The distance is about 120'. Do I need a piece of thick? >If so, do I need a repeater or can I just connect the thick >to thin on each end? The maximum length for a single thinlan segment is 185 meters, so you should be fine. Hooking thinlan to thicklan directly together works on the bench or in an emergency, but I don't think it's a very good idea for permanent installations. The IEEE specification will tell you more than you ever wanted to know and is where I go when I have a question.