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From: stew@endor.harvard.edu (Stew Rubenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: How can you extend and add on to AppleTalk networks?
Keywords: AppleTalk
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Date: 23 May 88 06:05:51 GMT
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In article <1677@hubcap.UUCP> mmccann@hubcap.UUCP (Mike McCann) writes:
>How can I extend an AppleTalk network so that it is longer than 1000
>feet?  I also want to put more than 32 devices on the network, can this
>be done?  If you have any suggestions, please send them to me along with
>company names, addresses and phone numbers for the hardware I need.

Farallon's PhoneNet can be up to 4000 feet of 22 gauge twisted pair.
You can go longer by installing a Repeater or StarController.  Both
are available from Farallon.  I believe you'll still be limited to
32 devices per network.  Farallon Computing Inc., 2150 Kittredge,
Berkeley, CA  94704   415-849-2331.
Stew Rubenstein
Cambridge Scientific Computing, Inc.
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