Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!munnari.oz.au!wcc!tom From: tom@wcc.oz (Tom Evans) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Compare StarControllers and PC LocalTalk cards Message-ID: <528@wcc.oz> Date: 18 Dec 89 08:00:19 GMT References: <8912150015.AA20856@ncsuvx> Organization: Webster Computer, Melbourne, Australia Lines: 44 In article <8912150015.AA20856@ncsuvx>, paisley@mte.ncsu.edu (Mike) writes: > We're setting up a new subnet behind a FastPath in building that was > supposedly wired "correctly". Meaning, every room was wired back to a > central room, and forms a largish star. If you've got enough arms on the star and they're close together, consider using the following hardware-saving scheme. Instead of this: [Mac] [Mac] [Mac] [Mac] [Mac] [Mac] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [ Star Controller in central closet ] Connect the ends of your star using the normal PhoneNet boxes in the office, and jumpers in the wiring closet ("[]" represents PhoneNet boxes). Create the following topology: [Mac] [Mac] [Mac] [Mac] [Mac] [Mac] [] [] [] [] [] [] +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [ Central Patch Panel ............] | | | | | +-----+ +-----+ [FastPath] Jumper Jumper Remember to terminate the ends, stand by for disruptions when people disconnect things they shouldn't - Star controllers (of any brand) save you from this. --------- Tom Evans tom@wcc.oz.au | Webster Computer Corp P/L | "The concept of my 1270 Ferntree Gully Rd | existence is an Scoresby VIC 3179 | approximation" Australia | 61-3-764-1100 FAX ...764-1179 | D. Conway 2109 O'Toole Avenue, Suite J SAN JOSE CA 95131 - 1303 CALIFORNIA 1-408-954-8054 FAX 1-408-954-1832