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From: bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Networking a whole bunch of Macs really fast
Keywords: Arcnet? Tops?
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Date: 17 Apr 88 17:39:06 GMT
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In article <284@intek01.UUCP> mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins) writes:
>...140+ Mac SE's ... "that's too many nodes for Ethernet"

Though that number of machines may overload a single Ethernet, why
can't you segregate them into smaller groups separated by routers or
gateways?  Your subnets may wind up matching the physical layout of
the installation anyway, which would make for easier installation and
troubleshooting.
-=-
 Bob Sutterfield, Department of Computer and Information Science
 The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277
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