Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!bellcore!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!mecc!sewilco From: sewilco@mecc.UUCP (Scot E. Wilcoxon) Newsgroups: net.dcom Subject: Re: Office networking ala RS-232 Message-ID: <502@mecc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-May-86 10:41:52 EDT Article-I.D.: mecc.502 Posted: Mon May 19 10:41:52 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 21-May-86 07:24:42 EDT References: <532@gould9.UUCP> <11620@amdcad.UUCP> <2236@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> Reply-To: sewilco@mecc.UUCP (Scot E. Wilcoxon) Distribution: na Organization: MN Ed Comp Corp, St Paul, MN Lines: 25 Keywords: patch panel, cabling Summary: Also consider RJ-45 to DB-25 connectors. In article <2236@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> scarter@caip.UUCP (Stephen M. Carter) writes: >In article <11620@amdcad.UUCP> phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes: >>Another option is to run Ethernet transceiver cable. You get 8 very >>well shielded conductors and you can convert to Ethernet without >I like this idea. Provided that all runs are less than 50 meters, wire >everything for db15/e-net. Use db15 <--> db25 adapter cables (I am sure >you will have to make these up yourself), and as users move to workstations, >use a fan-out box to connect them to the coax. I would also think that You should consider RJ-45 or RJ-11 (phone-style modular plugs; 8 or 4-6 wire) wiring. Last time we wired up I got RJ-45 to DB-25 connectors on the back of each terminal, with 8-conductor cables (male RJ-45 each end) to RJ-45 wall sockets. Cables have four twisted pairs and a grounded shield, connected to the wall sockets by screws (no more soldering or crimping). Longest cable at the moment is 60 feet. I found $7 RJ-45 to DB-25 connectors..about half the usual price, and it paid back real fast by reducing my time playing with cables. If you have clusters of terminals, there are converters from RJ-45 to large connectors which let you use 50-conductor wire... -- Scot E. Wilcoxon Minn. Ed. Comp. Corp. quest!mecc!sewilco 45 03 N / 93 08 W (612)481-3507 {ihnp4,philabs}!mecc!sewilco "The appeal of nuclear energy has decayed rapidly in the UUSR"