Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!gatech!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!teknowledge-vaxc!sri-unix!ctnews!voysys!bruce 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 Lines: 19 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 ..!pyramid!ctnews!voysys!bruce