Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!dpz From: dpz@dimacs.rutgers.edu (David Paul Zimmerman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: UTP limit length, gives me problems for a 2 segment Ethernet conection Keywords: UTP, 4 wires, Ethernet Message-ID: Date: 8 Nov 90 19:53:38 GMT References: <1522@ariadne.csi.forth.GR> Distribution: comp Organization: Rutgers University DIMACS Lines: 22 nicolas@csi.forth.gr (Nicolas Chrissakis) writes: > |=========================| <-----Ethernet 802.3 > |||| > |||| > |||| <------- 4 wires (600 meters) under a road. > |||| > |||| > |========================| <-----Ethernet 802.3 It sounds like those two Ethernets are in separate buildings. I'm not sure it is a good idea to connect these networks that way, primarily concerning the buildings' groundings, and connecting them via that 4 wire copper. You might instead consider laser or microwave Ethernet, or fiber Ethernet or FDDI. David -- David Paul Zimmerman dpz@dimacs.rutgers.edu Systems Programmer rutgers!dpz Rutgers Univ Center for Discrete Math and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS)