Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 08:23:24 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Tim Moony <timm@uniqsite.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Connecting two PCs that are far away Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970124081929.8733A-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970123210046.7987A-100000@uniqsite.com>
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On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Tim Moony wrote: > Wow, that's expensive. My two PCs are about 100 feet apart but I want > to nail down the cable on the walls so altogether we're talking about 200 > feet. 100 feet is no problem, 200 feet won't be either as long as you use good cable. Get 2-8 conducter (depending on wether you use hardware or software flow control) with a shield. Connect the shield to frame ground at *one* end, not both. Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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