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From: jwk@SCRIPPS.EDU ("Two Sheds" Kupec)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Ethernet length
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Date: 20 Oct 89 20:58:59 GMT
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Hi,
I've got an thick-wire Ethernet that may be running over the
max length restriction (500m = 1640ft).  I've asked the local
networking gurus the following and have not gotten the cut and
dried answer I seek:

	1. An N-type barrel connector equals how many feet of
	   thick coax?
	2. A tranceiver tap equals how many feet of thick coax?

To ask it another way:

What is the effective length of a 400' section of coax with n barrels 
and x taps?

TIA,

jwk@scripps.edu