Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bgsuvax!edwards From: edwards@bgsuvax.UUCP (Ken Jenkins) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: lengthening Atalk network Message-ID: <3449@bgsuvax.UUCP> Date: 23 Jan 89 05:52:18 GMT References: <303@lloyd.camex.uucp> Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh. Lines: 45 In article <303@lloyd.camex.uucp>, kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) writes: > In article PJORGENS@COLGATEU.BITNET writes: > >Heinz Naef writes: > > > >>After studying the AppleTalk brochure, it seems that even though there may > >>be up to 32 devices attached to one network, BUT the total cable length > >>shouldn't exceed 300 Meters (1000 feet). If you imagine a star-shaped > >>wiring scheme in a large building, this diameter may be easily exhausted > >>with 3 stations - even if they are in neighboring rooms! > ... > >You should look into Farallon's PhoneNet StarController. It is designed > >to allow localTalk networks to run in a star configuration with longer cable > >runs than Apple recommends. It also comes with diagnostic SW to allow one > >manager to control the network, isolate noisy nodes, etc. from any of the > >attached Macs. > > I have never used Faralon's star controller, but I am pretty sure that > each `arm' of the star can have many Macintoshs AppleTalked onto it. > Just do the regular daisy-chain routine. You are not forced to use a > pure star wiring scheme, it can be a hybrid design. In addition, if adaptor cables are purchased (also available from Farallon) to convert the mini-Din 3 from a Apple node transformer to the RJ-11 plug used to connect to the RJ faceplate, and if the first node on the daisy chain is a "honest-to-goodness" Farallon box, you can continue to use the Apple boxes down the line. Also note that the length of each daisy-chain off the star controller is dependant on the wire gauge used for the twisted pair and the data transfer rate (FalshTalk, DynaTalk, etc. shorter). > Kent Borg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: My name is Ken Jenkins and I am here as a guest of Bruce Edwards to whom this account belongs. Although he may be interested or even amused by my ramblings, he should not be held accountable for them in any way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Politics is ,in the ultimate analysis, religion applied to economics" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Jenkins (as a guest of Bruce Edwards) CSNET: edwards@bgsu.edu ARPANET: edwards@andy.bgsu.edu UUCP: ..!osu-cis!bgsuvax!edwards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------