My god! I completely forgot those yellow-colored coaxial network cables. Thanks for reminding me.
--- mike t. ----- Original Message ---- From: Ariz Jacinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 5:23:32 PM Subject: Re: [plug] OT: connecting two offices i agree. or he could try deploying 10base5 (~500m) [distance: check!] and buy the necessary legacy connectors, etc. from HMR [inexpensive?: check!]. [availability/support?: gooduck!] Mhac, there's another question that needs to be answered, can you route the cable within the company's premises? if not, then you have another problem :) On Nov 23, 2007 12:38 AM, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Ethernet is range-limited to ~160m. Unless you like putting two repeaters somewhere... Or you can use LRE (Long-Range Ethernet). Some Cisco switches can take LRE cards. $$$Profit!$$$ Another method is to use fiber. You can get cheap Fiber to 10-BaseT Ethernet media converters for 5k or so a pop.
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