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From: andyd@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Andy Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Farallon StarController restictions
Message-ID: <10299@pogo.WV.TEK.COM>
Date: 10 Jan 91 15:08:12 GMT
Reply-To: andyd@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Andy Davidson)
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville,  OR.
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We are in the process of planning the installation of some Farralon PhoneNET
StarControllers to relieve some overloaded net problems.  For each of the 12
ports on a single controller, there are 4 "branches" each of which can have
up to 750 feet of cabling.  Farralon technical support says that they
recommend and support only one device (Mac, printer, whatever) per branch. 
Given that each port is electrically isolated from the others, this seems
extremely conservative.

Hence my question:  Have any of you installed this controller and what do you
find are the *practical* limits on devices per branch?


    thanks,
        andy

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    Andy Davidson    503-685-3033        Manager, Tektronix/GPID QA & Tools   
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