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From: pml@cacs.usl.edu (Patrick M. Landry)
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Subject: Lantastic questions
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Date: 8 May 90 23:42:24 GMT
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I have a friend who I am helping to configure a Lantastic network.
The reviews of the software look good but I am wondering about the
suitability of the 2mbit cards Artisoft sells. Coming from a workstation
environment that sounds really slow to me. Is that fast enough for
printer and file sharing between a bunch of ATs? I also need more than
1500 feet for the net. Does the HUB allow multiple full length runs
to be joined? This is my impression. This twisted pair stuff must be
a proprietary Artisoft network, no?

I suggested ethernet but we are running into cable length problems
requiring a repeater. Well this adds about $1k to the network cost
for an ethernet repeater. This does not go over well in a small
installation trying to save bucks.
--
patrick
pml@cacs.usl.edu
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