Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!elan!jlo
From: jlo@elan.elan.com (Jeff Lo)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Ethernet max length problems
Keywords: repeaters? ethernet too long
Message-ID: <634@elan.elan.com>
Date: 20 Sep 89 21:53:59 GMT
Reply-To: jlo@elan.com (Jeff Lo)
Organization: Elan Computer Group, Inc., Mountain View, CA
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We have a problem.  We currently have a single thin ethernet running through
our office, with a mix of Unix and DOS machines connected to it.  All of
the Unix machines use IP to talk to each other, and the DOS machines are
using something called Network-OS which uses something (?) other than IP.
The problem is that we are hitting the maximum length restriction of the
thin ethernet and some of the PC's are experiencing difficulties,
presumably because their ethernet boards are having problems with the
too-long cable.  Since the DOS machines don't speak IP, we cannot simply
split the ethernet into two separate networks with an IP router in between.
So, what I am looking for is something I put on the line, a repeater or
something, if such a thing exists for ethernet, to allow us to seemingly
have one long (>185m) ethernet.  Thanks!
-- 
Jeff Lo, Elan Computer Group, Inc.
jlo@elan.com, ..!{ames,uunet}!elan!jlo
888 Villa Street, Third Floor, Mountain View, CA 94041, 415-964-2200