Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!hfsi!pat From: pat@hfsi.UUCP (Pat) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Need info on transceivers... Keywords: ouch Message-ID: <299@hfsi.UUCP> Date: 9 May 89 13:38:43 GMT References: <1815@leah.Albany.Edu> Reply-To: pat@hfsi.UUCP (Pat) Organization: Honeywell Federal Systems Inc., McLean VA. Lines: 11 We use AMP cable taps and Excelan transceivers. No I don't know if Excelan really made these or just stuck their name on them. Warnock reccomended to me that when you are doing taps, get a TDR and check the line out. It's a good way to verify the taps and also really impresses the non-tech's too :-). What do you consider expensive? Maybe you are thinking vcompared to thin ethernet but that's a whole different beast. Organization only for Identification purposes only. All statements are personal opinions only.