Date: 11 Jun 2002 20:52:30 +0100 From: lewiz <purple@lewiz.info> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT question sorry but i need salution fast .... Message-ID: <1023825151.707.0.camel@turtle.lewiz.org> In-Reply-To: <87d6uxegwg.fsf@pooh.int> References: <20020611181438.32647.qmail@web11008.mail.yahoo.com> <87d6uxegwg.fsf@pooh.int>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Most hubs are active these days so as far as it goes you could just use one of those. -lewiz. On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 20:47, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2002-06-11T18:14:38Z, faisal gillani <fasi_74@yahoo.com> writes: > > > well sorry fro this but i couldent find any other place to ask this > > question & i need the salution very badly this will gratly benift me well > > i have 2 ethernet networks running which i want to connect but the > > distance between them is above 400 meters .. so this is way beyond the > > normal lan hardware .. > > I'm not saying that this is an ideal solution, but could you install a cheap > 4-port switch (not hub!) every 100 meters? Since switches generates signals > themselves, rather than just passing the original electrical signal, that > might extend your range sufficiently. > > Anyone care to tell me if or why this is a bad idea? > -- > Kirk Strauser > The Strauser Group - http://www.strausergroup.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- `Linux is for people who hate Microsoft. FreeBSD is for people who love UNIX.` Website accessible from http://www.lewiz.info/ GPG public keyring: http://www.westwood.karoo.net/pubring.gpg [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA9BlT+ENEq59FkzSoRAk1TAJ9y/U6v9U/iYAd/8MoQ6atWsh30/QCfSyAg 3P6dC3IQtq2xAsLCEx/qYW0= =R18m -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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