Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!GWUSUN.GWU.EDU!viraf From: viraf@GWUSUN.GWU.EDU (Viraf Bankwalla) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Extending Appletalk net Message-ID: <8904101926.AA01696@gwusun> Date: 10 Apr 89 19:26:39 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 18 Hi, We currently have about 20 Macs connected via LocalTalk and a Kinetics Fastpath-4, as one zone. I need to expand the net and add on a mixture of approx 40 Macs and PC's (PC's have LocalTalk cards) to the net. Due to the increased distance, I have decided to recable the floor using PhoneNet. How should I go around distributing the load evenly. Would another FastPath-4 do the job? What is the function of the Star Controller by Farlon ? Would it help ? Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks. viraf bankwalla viraf@gwusun.gwu.edu uunet!gwusun!viraf