Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Path: utzoo!utgpu!trigraph!bruce
From: bruce@trigraph.uucp (Bruce Freeman)
Subject: Connecting Thin Wire to DELNI
Message-ID: <1990Jan8.213749.24018@trigraph.uucp>
Reply-To: bruce@trigraph.UUCP (Bruce Freeman)
Organization: Trigraph Inc., Toronto, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 90 21:37:49 GMT

We currently have several computers all connected to a DELNI by nice thick,
expensive transceiver cables. We are running out of room on the DELNI and I
want to add a cheaper thin wire branch to it. How do I connect this thin wire
network to my DELNI? Can I just use a DESTA or do I need to use a repeater
such as a DESPR? The DEC Networks Guide is vague (in my opinion) on how you do
this saying a DESTA can be used to connect a terminal server to thin wire or
that you can connect multiple DESPRs to a DELNI but not explicitly saying if
you want to connect thin wire to a DELNI here is what you do. 

The only reason to use a repeater in my mind would be if the 40m transceiver
cable limit applies to the thin wire segment since it would be 50m to 70m long.
If we had a shorter segment would a DESTA be feasible? Buying a DESTA at $165
is certainly cheaper than a DEMPR at $2500 (from resellers not DEC!).

Thanks for your help
Bruce Freeman
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Bruce Freeman	Trigraph Inc., Toronto, Canada		utzoo!trigraph!bruce