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From: joltes@husc4.HARVARD.EDU (Richard Joltes)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Some 802.3 questions...
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Date: 19 Jul 90 19:13:55 GMT
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A few quick questions for the 802.3 gurus out there...

1) Is it legal (I think I've seen discussion about this before) to barrel a
   thickwire segment to a thinwire segment using an N-to-BNC adapter?  I think
   the answer is "wellll, yeah, but..." and I know there's some length loss
   involved, but I need some specifics on loss, reflections, or whatever.

2) Is it within spec to essentially cascade DEMPR's - i.e. feeding a DEMPR from
   a thinwire segment connected to another DEMPR?  I believe the answer in this
   case is "no" but again, I need specifics.

3) I know there's an FTP location for RFC's (nic.ddn.mil) but I need a list of
   RFC numbers and their titles, if such a thing exists, so I know which ones
   to grab.

Thanks in advance...please reply directly to me to save bandwidth and I'll post
a summary if there's interest.

Dick Joltes					joltes@husc4.harvard.edu
Mgr. of Hardware & Facilities
Harvard University Science Center