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From: pcb@basin04.cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs)
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Subject: Basic ethernet wire length question
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Date: 20 Feb 91 02:52:24 GMT
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Sorry for this questions but here goes...I am setting up a new
network...compuads 386's, compuad/WD ethernet cards, and netware 386.
Software: drivers, win3, tcp, ipx, ... no problem

I am going to get rg58 wire.  What are the length limits on thin wires 
between machines?  Where can I find a book to tell me this?
My other two nets have wires about 5' long.  I want to connect two 
machines to the server which is located in another room with the main
lab.  The distance is about 120'.  Do I need a piece of thick?
If so, do I need a repeater or can I just connect the thick
to thin on each end?


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