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From: rpw3@fortune.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.lan
Subject: Re: Re: Ethernet cable length query - (nf)
Message-ID: <2855@fortune.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 04:06:10 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 27 04:06:10 1984
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fortune!rpw3    Mar 26 22:43:00 1984

You put both ends in the machine room so when the day comes that you
finally have to split the net in two (due to too many transceivers) and
you want to have two pieces with a repeater between, you have a nice table
to mount the repeater on! (Sheeesh! Do I have to think of EVERYTHING?)

;-}

Rob Warnock

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p.s.
Seriously, sometimes it helps (yes) to be able to TDR from both ends, since
after you've got a whole bunch of transceivers attached the TDR ain't always
that accurate. Do it from both ends (leaving the far end UNterminated each
time, to make a clear marker), and you can save some ladder shuffling trying
to pin it down to that last couple of meters.

And yes, you have to terminate the cable. HAVE TO! But when you broke the
cable in two, didn't YOU install terminators on the "new" ends?? ;-}