benderly@cs.columbia.edu (Dan Benderly) (02/12/89)
Does anyone have any experiences with running Ethernet over unshielded twisted pair ? I know that Lattisnet has such a product, and I was wondering what people's impressions were. Thanks!! Dan benderly@cs.columbia.edu
wvanbeek@tippy.uucp (02/13/89)
We have a large Appletalk network use Farralon Star Controllers and Kinetic Fast Path's. Our investigation of the ethernet backbone has led to the decision that Plexcom makes the hardware for use in putting together the unshielded twisted pair ethernet. We are currently at the AUI spec (oh how I wish that was different). If you want additional information, please e-mail me. ...bill Bill Van Beek BITNET WVANBEEK@PURCCVM INTERNET wvanbeek@vm.cc.purdue.edu tippy!wvanbeek@newton.physics.purdue.edu
digennar@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Mr. Jerry DiGennaro) (02/14/89)
In article <98@cs.columbia.edu> benderly@cs.columbia.edu (Dan Benderly) writes: >Does anyone have any experiences with running Ethernet over unshielded >twisted pair ? I know that Lattisnet has such a product, and I was wondering >what people's impressions were. The company I work for full time has just converted from G-Net (1.44 Mbps coaxial cable) to LattisNet (10Mbps on unshielded twisted pair and fiber optic cable). The results are fantastic. We have had problems with the installers (phone installers who understand voice but not data). For Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) to work, the pairs must be twisted continuously. So far we have ~350 PCs, a VAX 8810, and 15 Novell File servers on the net. Perkin Elmers, Tandems, a Sun, an IBM 4341 and a Wang 7310 are next. LattisNet can be made to work. E-mail or call me for more details. Jerry DiGennaro digennar@umbc3.umbc.edu (301) 266-4150 -- Jerry DiGennaro digennar@umbc3.umbc.edu (301) 266-4150