Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!unido!rwthinf!forst!heibe From: heibe@forst.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Bernd Heinrichs) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Ethernet with higher data rates ? Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 06:59:32 GMT Sender: news@rwthinf.UUCP Distribution: comp Lines: 30 Perhaps it is a nonsense idea. But I think in some environments it would make sense to run the already installed Ethernet configurations at higher speeds, e.g. at 100 Mbit/s. My question is: Is it physically possible to reach such data rates on 50-ohm or 75-ohm coaxial cables ? Of course the maximum cable length permitted must be shorter than 500 meters and the minimum packet length must be longer than 64 bytes. Perhaps some people can inform me about realization of such ideas. Bernd Heinrichs **************************** Aachen University of Technology Lehrstuhl fuer Informatik IV Ahornstr. 55 D-5100 Aachen, Germany Tel.: + 49 241 / 80-21410 Fax.: + 49 241 / 80-21429 email: heibe@informatik.rwth-aachen.de **************************** -- ______________________________________________ Bernd Heinrichs Lehrstuhl fuer Informatik IV RWTH Aachen D-5100 Aachen Germany