Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rochester!pt!sei!sei.cmu.edu!pdb From: pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Barron) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Thinwire Ethernet cable lengths Message-ID: <1926@aw.sei.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 17-Jul-87 18:07:16 EDT Article-I.D.: aw.1926 Posted: Fri Jul 17 18:07:16 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 17:07:18 EDT Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu Lines: 8 We're trying to install a thinwire Ethernet, using DEC DESTAs to attach stations to the network. My question is: is there a minimum distance between stations with the DESTA? With 6 foot cable runs between stations, I see a lot of dropped packets, and TCP does a *lot* of re-transmission. With a 20 foot cable, I don't seem to have much of a problem. --Pat.