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From: jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Re: thin/thick Ethernet
Message-ID: <17934@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 23 Dec 88 17:01:57 GMT
References: <17925@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> <12670012@eecs.nwu.edu>
Reply-To: jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle)
Organization: Stanford University
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      I certaintly agree that a repeater to isolate important multi-user
systems and servers from farms of little machines where the cables are
accessable to many people is a valuable addition to a network.  I was
merely pointing out that thich/thin Ethernet transitions are not difficult
to accomplish, should one wish to do so.

      Some people have found repeaters, as an active device and a single
point of failure, to cause more trouble than they prevent.  But that 
information is a few years old, and repeaters may be more reliable now.

					John Nagle