Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: net.lan,net.dcom,net.wanted Subject: Re: Request for info on local building wiring Message-ID: <380@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 23:53:57 EST Article-I.D.: amdcad.380 Posted: Tue Dec 11 23:53:57 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 00:38:32 EST References: <2535@sdcc3.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: AMDCAD, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.lan:557 net.dcom:740 net.wanted:5336 > My campus is about to embark on project that will replace lots of four > wire data circuits supplied by the telephone company with connection > boxes on a broadband cable. A part of the project involves > installation of the local wire that will connect terminals and > computers to network boxes one or two offices away. To minimize labor > costs for this part of the project, we plan to use RJ11 6 wire modular > plugs, wall sockets and RS232 connectors of the kind supplied by Nevada > Western or Modtap. Is 6 wire enough? Let's see: TxD, RxD, GND, CTS, RTS, DTR, DCD. If you don't have modems it might be. Otherwise, perhaps not. We are using 8 wire. It ties in nicely with the use of 25 pair cable and 258A "harmonicas". -- I'm not a programmer, I'm a hardware type. Phil Ngai (408) 749-5790 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA