Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aecom!glen
From: glen@aecom.yu.edu (Glen M. Marianko)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Thinwire vs. Thickwire (Why 30 nodes only on thin?)
Message-ID: <2525@aecom.yu.edu>
Date: 8 Oct 89 01:01:58 GMT
References: <8909291306.AA06775@jvnca.csc.org>
Organization: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
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In article <8909291306.AA06775@jvnca.csc.org>, aggarwal@JVNCA.CSC.ORG (Vikas Aggarwal none) writes:
> 
> Just to collect one's views on Thinwire ethernet vs Thickwire ethernet,
> I am listing what I know about the topic:
> 
> THINWIRE
> ...
> 	Max segment length - 185 meters (30 nodes per segment)

This posting reminded me of a question I had about thin ethernet and
the 30 nodes per segment limit.  Why is this?  I thought on thin
ethernet you can have a node every .5 meters (vs. thick which is
marked for much more).  If so, then 185/.5=370 according to my
calculator with the weak battery :-).  So why couldn't I have more
than 30 workstations?    Tell ya, the only place I ever saw this in
print was in a DEC catalog.  Maybe this is a DEC restriction?
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