Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!emory!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!hub.ucsb.edu!spectrum.CMC.COM!lars From: lars@spectrum.CMC.COM (Lars Poulsen) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Ethernet vs. ARCnet for a Novell lan Message-ID: <1990Oct30.221907.18133@spectrum.CMC.COM> Date: 30 Oct 90 22:19:07 GMT References: <1990Oct29.161448.24234@cs.odu.edu> Organization: Rockwell CMC Lines: 19 In article hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) writes: > ... The nice thing about the twisted pair stuff is that the wiring to >one office can't affect other offices. In this respect it's better >than the other Ethernet technologies (or Token Ring). It is perfectly legal to wire thin ethernet with a repeater in the wiring closet and a coax to each station. When you do that, you gain the same advantage. At about the same cost. If you are pulling new cable for each workstation, the costs for thin ether and twisted pairs are comparable (except that you get up tp three pairs for the price of one). If you are consulted before the building goes up, the same applies. The best thing about twisted pairs is that sometimes the builder put in a few extra, so there is cable available without any wire pulling. -- / Lars Poulsen, SMTS Software Engineer CMC Rockwell lars@CMC.COM