At 10:08 15/05/00 +0100, Geoff Blake wrote:
>Hey, hold on a moment - it may be some time since I played with 10base2
>(We still have some at work, but if it ain't broke - they haven't
>required fixing for 5 years or so!) but a hundred stations, no way!
>
>However, ISTR that a maximum of 10/15 stations a segment and a maximum of
>5 segments to a network. You need a repeater between each segment, and if
>you need more that 1 network, you need a bridge or router.
Segment length max 185m (607'), max 30 computers/segment,5 segments may
be joined using 4 repeaters, of which only 3 may be populated. Max overall
length 925m (3035').
Authoritative source: MCSE Network Essentials.
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