derrick@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Derrick Rowlandson) (03/22/90)
I am looking at repeaters to extend the segment lenght of one of our thinwire segments. Cabletron have two units that seem prepared to do the job, they are MR-2000(multiport repeater), which is a single segment version of the 8 port multiport repeater (ie: one AUI port, one thinwire port). The other is an LR-2000 (local repeater), which has 2 AUI connections. What is the difference between these two, apart from the fact that with the more expensive unit (LR-2000), you need to supply two tranceivers, and only one for the MR-2000? (odd that the LR-2000 is more expensive). The only advantage I can see with the LR is if you are lookng to connect two hosts together, this would allow you to do so without a coax segment. Comments/clarification welcome. thanks dr -- derrick@cs.AthabascaU.CA
haas@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas) (03/22/90)
In article <1772@aurora.AthabascaU.CA> derrick@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Derrick Rowlandson) writes: > >I am looking at repeaters to extend the segment lenght of one >of our thinwire segments. > >Cabletron have two units that seem prepared to do the job, they >are MR-2000(multiport repeater), which is a single segment version of the 8 > port multiport repeater (ie: one AUI port, one thinwire port). The > other is an LR-2000 (local repeater), which has 2 AUI connections.... >The only advantage I can see with the LR is if you are lookng to connect two >hosts together, this would allow you to do so without a coax segment. The other thing you use repeaters for is to change media, eg. by putting a Fiber Optic Transceiver on one side. You can do this with an AUI but not with a thinnet port. -- Walt