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From: brodie@fps.mcw.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Connecting Thin Wire to DELNI
Message-ID: <3316.25adcc77@fps.mcw.edu>
Date: 12 Jan 90 17:24:23 GMT
References: <1990Jan8.213749.24018@trigraph.uucp> <9256@cbmvax.commodore.com> <90Jan10.212621est.27312@snow.white.toronto.edu> <9289@cbmvax.commodore.com>
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In article <9289@cbmvax.commodore.com>, grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes:
> In article <90Jan10.212621est.27312@snow.white.toronto.edu> cks@white.toronto.edu (Chris Siebenmann) writes:
>> grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes:
>> ...
>> | You can cascade two DELNI's (for 7 more ports) as long as they aren't
>> | connected to a real ethernet.
>> 
>>  While I don't know if it's kosher, we've cascaded two DELNI's and
>> connected them up to the local ethernet with no observed problems. In
>> fact, right now we're cascading two DELNIs behind a LanBridge.
> 
> With Ethernet, all kinds of things will "work" as long as long as your
> network is lightly loaded and/or stays a long way away from the various
> limits.  The day it stops working for no obvious reason will be painful.

cascading delni's WORKS, but I wouldn't recommend it.  Remember, DELNI's
are POWERED, and any unit with power invariable fails.  (just ask Bill
Hancock on this one, it's one of his favorite pet peeves...)

If the "right" delni fails, you lost most of your network..........