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From: Chucko@VERMITHRAX.SCH.SYMBOLICS.COM (Charles R. Fry)
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Subject: Re: Ethernet 'null transceiver'?
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Date: 14 Jul 89 15:37:00 GMT
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    Date: 14 Jul 89 11:49:45 GMT
    From: daitc!dgis.daitc.mil!generous@uunet.uu.net  (Curtis Generous)

    rdn@chinet.chi.il.us (Richard Nichols) writes:
    >We have a need to connect two machines together that have thick-wire
    >ETHERNET connections.  Since there are only two machines in this 'network' I
    >was wondering if there is such a thing as a 'null transceiver'?  In other
    >
    >Rick Nichols
    >rdn@chinet.chi.il.us

    The easiest way is to get a "Fan Out Unit" (aka multiport transceiver).
    Allows several (usually 8) devices to talk to one other without the
    need of a ethernet segment.  No cheap, costs around $1000.

    --curtis
    ---
    Curtis C. Generous
    DTIC Special Projects Office (DTIC-SPO)
    ARPA: generous@daitc.mil
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I have had excellent results with Cabletron's MT800, and the price and
delivery are right.  They have offices in Silicon Valley and New Hampshire,
but I don't recall the phone numbers at the moment.

 -- Chuck Fry
    Chucko@Riverside.SCRC.Symbolics.COM