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From: bruce@voysys.UUCP (Bruce Beare)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: AppleTalk noise problems
Summary: Phone Net and Many Macs.
Keywords: AppleTalk, Noise, Printing problems
Message-ID: <275@voysys.UUCP>
Date: 24 Sep 88 03:45:27 GMT
References: <6226@ut-emx.UUCP>
Organization: Voysys Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <6226@ut-emx.UUCP>, xdaa374@ut-emx.UUCP (William T. Douglass) writes:
> We are having a very bad time trying to fix noise (or echo or whatever)
> problems on our PhoneNet-based AppleTalk network.  Configuration is - 
> 	22 Mac Nodes
> 	1 NEC SilentWriter PostScript printer
> 	2 AppleTalk ImageWriter Printers
> 	~ 2000 ft of 22 gauge phone wire, all nodes using PhoneNet
> 	  or similar network connectors.
> ...
> Bill Douglass, TCADA

We have around 50 Macs on two networks, all connected with Phone Net.
Initially, we tried to do it with straight wiring, but quickly found
it impossible to get a stable network. We purchased two Star 
Controllers & all problem went away.

	Bruce Beare
	Voysys Corporation
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