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From: vanden@studsys.mu.edu (vandenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Naive Novell Questions (Seth, they are not so bad)
Message-ID: <767@studsys.mu.edu>
Date: 16 Aug 90 02:45:07 GMT
References: <26039@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Reply-To: vanden@studsys.UUCP (vandenberg)
Organization: Marquette University - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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In article <26039@bellcore.bellcore.com> louie@rruxi.bae.bellcore.com (Paul Louie) writes:
>chaiklin@shibuya.cc.columbia.edu (Seth Chaiklin) writes:
>> 5.  Is there any problem with mixing different ethernet cards
>> in a Novell LAN.  The SA claims that we cannot use different
>> cards on the same LAN.
>
>He is full of sh... He is pulling your chain.  You can use any ethernet cards
>as long as they fits the medium.

Technically I heard that there is a small difference.  All thin-net 
manufacturer's boards support cable lengths of at least 600ft(IEEE spec).  Many 
manufacturers have pushed that length to 900ft.  As I said it's a small 
difference.

Tom Vandenberg                {..uunet..uwvax!uwmcsd1..}!marque!studsys!vanden
vanden%studsys@marque.UUCP             {..uwvax..arpa..}!studsys.mu.edu!vanden