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From: ams@gauss.Princeton.EDU (Andrew Simms)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: PhoneNet woes
Summary: Limits on Phonenet
Keywords: AppleTalk PhoneNet LocalTalk unreliable
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Date: 3 Dec 89 14:10:56 GMT
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I believe the recommended upper limit is 20, although 26  was
probably fine.  There are also cable length restrictions.  The farallon
manual discusses length restrictions.

Since you have two laserwriters, why don't you
split your network in two?

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  Andrew Simms					ams@acm.princeton.edu
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