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From: spurgeon@ut-emx (Charles Spurgeon)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: 10BASE-T and multiport transceiver boxes
Message-ID: <36983@ut-emx>
Date: 7 Sep 90 18:40:02 GMT
Organization: Dept. Of Fiddly Bits
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The question of the day from the new 10BASE-T users on campus concerns
multiport transceiver boxes.  Specifically, is it ok to attach a
multiport box to a 10BASE-T MAU?  That way you can connect multiple
(thick net) hosts in an office to a single 10BASE-T port.

The manual for the 10BASE-T hub box they purchased is silent on this
issue.  On the other hand, given that each 10BASE-T port is repeated,
which fixes up lost preamble bits and retimes things, it seems like
this should work ok.

Has anyone tried this?  If so, were there any problems?

Thanks,
	-chas