From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 20 19: 9: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.twave.net (twave.net [206.100.228.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7FF1F14D44 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 19:08:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brameld@twave.net) Received: from [208.219.234.62] by mail.twave.net (NTMail 3.03.0018/1.abwg) with ESMTP id ma484366 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 22:08:26 -0500 Message-ID: <385EEF6E.1E2DE4B6@twave.net> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 22:09:34 -0500 From: Walter Brameld X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peeter Pirn Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: terminal room cabling References: <385EE3EB.794BDF32@rhubarb.fwi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Peeter Pirn wrote: > I want to set up remote Wyse terminals about 60 ft. away (in another > room) from the host 3.2-RELEASE machine. I've never managed this kind of > cabling before. My first stab is to look for several 60-ft laplink > cables. Somehow, I don't think this is how computing centers set up > multiple terminals. I'm using a Cyclom 8Yo DB25 ISA multiport serial > card and Wyse 60 terminals. > > I request suggestions of how to accomplish this the Right Way and > pointers to appropriate vendors. > > Thank you. > -- > Peeter Pirn - peeter@rhubarb.fwi.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message I think it's usually done with cat-5 wire jacked at both ends. We've gone 200-300 feet this way with no problems (provided you have good ac grounding), although this is not my normal baliwick as I usually work on PBX's. Walter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message