pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Barron) (07/18/87)
We're trying to install a thinwire Ethernet, using DEC DESTAs to attach stations to the network. My question is: is there a minimum distance between stations with the DESTA? With 6 foot cable runs between stations, I see a lot of dropped packets, and TCP does a *lot* of re-transmission. With a 20 foot cable, I don't seem to have much of a problem. --Pat.
pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Barron) (07/18/87)
In article <1926@aw.sei.cmu.edu> I wrote: >We're trying to install a thinwire Ethernet, using DEC DESTAs to attach >stations to the network. My question is: is there a minimum distance >between stations with the DESTA? With 6 foot cable runs between stations, >I see a lot of dropped packets, and TCP does a *lot* of re-transmission. >With a 20 foot cable, I don't seem to have much of a problem. Well, after more experimentation, it doesn't seem to be a problem with cable length at all. It turned out that the 6 foot cable I was using was just plain bad. We had never really thought to suspect the cable itself, since it was sent to us by a vendor (who shall, for the moment, remain nameless) as a "sample"! So, that little problem appears to be solved. I would still like to see any comments people might have about the DESTA in general, though. --Pat.