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From: glen@aecom.yu.edu (Glen M. Marianko)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Localtalk 30 node limit
Message-ID: <2548@aecom.yu.edu>
Date: 24 Oct 89 23:55:00 GMT
Organization: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
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There is a stated limit of (approximately?) 30 nodes on an localtalk
segment.  I assume when they say nodes, they really mean localtalk
adapter boxes that plug into the localtalk cable with a short drop
cable to the actual node.  Is this limitation the same in the
phone-net type topology?  What is the reason for the limit?
Reflections from the boxes?

I assume active devices like Tops Repeater can extend this
until you reach the 254 node limit and then you use something like
an Interbridge or Shiva Netbridge?
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