Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!GECRDVM1.BITNET!SMITH From: SMITH@GECRDVM1.BITNET (Don Smith) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm Subject: IBM 370 channel extenders (block and byte) Message-ID: <8809211806.AA04189@jade.berkeley.edu> Date: 21 Sep 88 17:34:30 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Don SmithOrganization: The Internet Lines: 11 If this is not the 'proper' server to address this to, please correct me. I would like to know what CHANNEL EXTENDERS are being used out 'there'.. What are your experiences (good/bad) and any recommendations... I will need to extend 4 or five channels (for telecomm. i.e. local 3274D/A, 3705,Series 1, 7171's BISYNC/SDLC,EP/NCP....) a distance of 1-2 miles across an open field which I own...it is also line of sight.... What are the issues that I must consider (i.e. block and byte on the same unit ??? I don't know anything about this subject ??? Thanks for your help... Don Smith GE-Corporate Research