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From: norm@cfctech.UUCP (Norm Meluch)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Ethernet line extenders experiences?
Summary: AT&T AUI Similar?
Keywords: ELE STARLAN Ethernet transceivercable
Message-ID: <2214@cfctech.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 89 19:31:25 GMT
References: <582@philtis.UUCP>
Reply-To: norm@cfctech.UUCP (Norm Meluch)
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Organization: Chrysler Financial Corp., Troy, MI
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In article <582@philtis.UUCP> hd@philtis.UUCP (Henk D. Davids @ PMSN) writes:
>For some time now there are several companies that offer
>so-called Ethernet Line Extenders: a pair of boxes that
>extend the length of a transceiver cable from the standard
>15 meters to up to 250 meters; the boxes communicate with
>each other over 4-wire cable.
>
>I was just wondering: does anyone have experiences with these
>devices?
>Henk

	Our new STARLAN 10 here runs on 10 Mbit ethernet hardware and 
most of the cards for the machines (3B2/600, PS/2 Microchannel) need
this "thing" called an AUI adapter.  It seems to have the properties 
described above.  It takes the 15 pin AUI output of an ethernet card
and "translates" it into the 8 wire twisted pair for the STARLAN hub,
building and PC card wiring.  The 15 pin tranceiver cable goes about
15 meters and the AUI adapter will allow a twisted pair wire to go about
100 meters beyond that.  The AUI is about $200 a crack.  However no
problems with them so far.


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