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From: shoat@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Mr. David Shoat)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: How do I break out from a DEC DELNI to thin-wire Ethernet?
Message-ID: <2988@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk>
Date: 22 May 89 13:44:32 GMT
Reply-To: shoat@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Mr. David Shoat)
Organization: Comp Sci, Glasgow Univ, Scotland
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What's the best (only?) way to break out from a DEC DELNI onto thin-wire? The
DELNI, for the uninitiated, is a mains-powered device which emulates a piece
of coax cable and some transceivers. You just plug up to eight transceiver
cables from your systems into the box and it all works. There is also another
port on the DELNI into which one is supposed to connect a standard thick-
wire transceiver. This should let you break out on to a thick-wire network.
Will this work with thin-wire, or do I need a repeater?

Does anyone know why my whole damn network crashes every time I throw the
switch on the DELNI which enables the external port?

Thanks.

David Shoat
Dept. of Medical Cardiology
Glasgow Royal Infirmary.