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From: mitchell@cadovax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Multiport cards and connectors...
Message-ID: <1481@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Apr-87 13:27:46 EST
Article-I.D.: cadovax.1481
Posted: Wed Apr 15 13:27:46 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Apr-87 04:41:27 EST
Reply-To: mitchell@cadovax.UUCP (Mitchell Lerner)
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Organization: Contel Business Systems, Torrance, CA
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Someone wrote me about multiport cards telling me about the ARNET Smartcard
and the Digiboard 8-port intelligent card.  They mentioned that there
was a way to use RJ-45 (fat "telephone type" cable and plug) cables with this 
device by going to any electronic supply store and buying a standard RS-232 to 
RJ-45 adapter.

I called a few stores on the phone and they said that they did not have such a 
thing and they sounded like they did not really know what I was talking about.

I want to do this for two reasons:

a.  I have never made a cable, and I heard that if you dont know exactly
what you are doing, you should not even try (if you dont want to waist time
and money).  And I dont!

b.  I want to run RJ-45 cable because it needs to be routed through an
attic and around the outside of a house.  Also, if I use the RJ-45 jack,
I dont have to worry about creating connections and such.

Where do I get this RS-232 to RJ-45 converter?

Is this a good way to get around having to make my RS-232 cables for
for terminals 100+ feet away?

Thanks

-- 
Mitchell Lerner
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