doelz@urz.unibas.ch (03/02/91)
We need to set up Ethernet connections in a office of (currently) 8 Macs, and there will be two or three workstations and one X terminal added this year. The floor is approx. 40 x 20 meters. Cabling can be achieved smoothly. There is no existing wiring which can be used. We run a standard thick wire cable, and thinwire with DEMPR/DESPRs. Protocols to be supported include Decnet, IP, LAT, and Ethertalk (maybe IPX). Question: What are the benefits/drawbacks of thin wire versus twisted pair? We would like to have wall outlets at 16 spots in the office, which should be easily extended by either daisy-chaining or new segments. Alternatives I picked out from the catalogue are: a) H4005 -> Thin wire : DESPR , one Segment, with Modular Faceplates (H3114) b) 2 H4005 -> Twisted Pair: Two DETPR, (16 Segments), with Modular Faceplates (H3111) and H3350 adapters (costy... 16 units). c) H4005 -> Thin wire: DESPR, -> SER Adapter (H3330) : Thin wire, and about 4 twisted pair cables Modular Faceplates (H3111), cable to Office Adapters (H3310), -> Thin wire to clusters of 4 stations each. I would be ineterested in comments, and experience with such configurations. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Dr. Reinhard Doelz | X.400: S=doelz,OU=urz,O=unibas,P=switch,A=arcom,C=ch | | Universitaets- | RFC : doelz@urz.unibas.ch | | rechenzentrum | X.25 : psi%022846211142::embnet | | Klingelbergstr.70 | Tel. : +41 61 25 38 80 +----------------------------+ | CH 4056 Basel | Fax. : +41 61 25 67 60 | S W I T Z E R L A N D +------------------------------------------------+