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From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie)
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Subject: Re: Codenoll Fiber modems
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Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 11:30:06 EST
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Multiport boxes are fanouts for transcievers.  They do not repeat
data between segments.  A picture for example:
							   |<-cable-> HOST
 CABLE-REAL TRANSCIEVER <-Transciever Cable->MULTIPORT BOX |<-cable-> HOST
							   |<-cable-> HOST

My application was to hook several buildings together with fiber links.
With the FiberCom boxes this looks like:

 FiberCom <-Fiber-> FiberCom <-Fiber-> Fibercom <-Fiber-> Fibercom

in a more or less arbitrary pattern while the Codenoll requires me to
run point to point back to a central star or do something like

 Cod <-Fiber-> Cod <-Cable-> Bridge <-Cable-> Cod <-Fiber->...

-Ron