NYYRIKKI wrote:
>> The receive end should be short, the send end long. How long exactly is
up
>> to you, longer means more expensive and more possible errors. But too
short
>> will mean you have less flexibility in placing the computers.
>> My cables have a receive cable of about 40cm and a send cable of about
4m,
>> which is pretty long in my opinion.
>
>In 2 computer link there is no matter if there is DIN connector or not, if
>cable lenghts are not standardised, because then if one has 4m long cable
>and other has 2m cable, then the computers can be only 2m away from each
>other. Maybe some kind of standard or recommended lenghts would be a good
>idea too. (like 1m, 2m, 5m and 10m)
I suggest keeping the cables the same length. Making one longer or shorter
than the other is just plain nonsense. About the length: it's not only up
to one cable to decide how far off the computers can be. You can make a
cable of 10cm length, but if your counterpart has a cable of 20m then you
can sit 20.1m apart. (at a severe performance loss I guess ;-) )
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I suggest keeping it around 2 meters long (both send and receive). This
gives the flexibility of being 4 meters from your counterpart and gives
hardly any performance loss, from what I've heared from Maarten ter Huurne.
Yes he has a 4m cable. :-)
I have spoken, let it be recorded in the 'official' JoyNet homepage! ;-)
http://datax.cjb.net with courtesy of Laurens Holst
Greetz
Patsie
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