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- From: apple.com (Ben Beasley)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
- Subject: Re: maximum length of LocalTalk cable
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.185529.23249@pcnntp.apple.com>
- Date: 11 Dec 92 18:55:29 GMT
- References: <boulton.723958920@hawk>
- Sender: news@pcnntp.apple.com
- Organization: Apple
- Lines: 32
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- In article <boulton.723958920@hawk>, boulton@hawk.adied.oz.au (Mark Boulton) writes:
-
- >From the book titled "AppleTalk( Network Systems Overview"
-
- "LocalTalk twisted-pair cable supports a maximum of 32 devices and allows
- transmission speeds of up to 230.4 kilobits per second (Kbps). A LocalTalk
- network can span up to a total of 1000 feet."
- "A cable extender is an adapter that joins two cable. LocalTalk cable comes
- in 10- and 25-meter lengths."
-
- I would extrapolate that there should be no problem with what you would like
- to do provided that you don't go beyone the 1000 feet limit. About the only
- thing I would say is that these are specs with the Apple provided wiring, if
- you are using PhoneNet or similar stuff you will need to find out the limits
- for that hardware.
- Regards,
- Benjamin Beasley
-
- >
- > We are setting up a printer which is some distance (15 to 30 metres)
- > from a Mac Quadra 950.
- >
- > The problem we have is that we do not know the maximum length of the
- > that we can run a single segment of LocalTalk cable for.
- >
- > Also would extra shielding or anything along those lines improve the
- > distance we could run the cable?
- >
- > Thank in advance
- >
- > Mark Boulton E-Mail: boulton@adied.oz.au
- >
-