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From: ls014ls01@mdcbbs.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Connecting Thin Wire to DELNI
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Date: 9 Jan 90 09:33:22 GMT
References: <1990Jan8.213749.24018@trigraph.uucp>
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In article <1990Jan8.213749.24018@trigraph.uucp>, bruce@trigraph.uucp (Bruce Freeman) writes:
> 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. 
> 
> Bruce Freeman	Trigraph Inc., Toronto, Canada		utzoo!trigraph!bruce

	When DEC did an analysis of our plant for installing DECnet, they
	had our thin-wire sub-networks connected to a DEMPR/DESPR and then
	connected to a DELNI.  The DEMPR/DESPR count as repeaters and there
	is a limit to the number of repeaters, I think 2, that DECnet traffic
	can pass through.  I decided, because of our Fiber-Optic repeaters
	(DEREP's), to eliminate the thin-wire section in my portion of the
	network.

	Ben Loosli
	LORAL Defense Systems-Arizona