AUI cables in UK?

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Mon Mar 8 10:01:45 2004

>>>>> "Pete" == Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com> writes:

 Pete> On Mar 5, 18:16, Paul Koning wrote:
>> The rules aren't quite what you said -- the transceiver rule is
>> that you put them on the stripes. You can put transceivers on
>> adjacent stripes.

 Pete> You can, but I was always told (and read somewhere) there
 Pete> should be two stripes between, not one.

Interesting. Your source is mistaken... Quoting from the Ethernet
Specification, Version 2 (DEC/Intel/Xerox), section 7.6.2:
  ... Coaxial cables marked as specified in 7.3.1.1.6 have marks at
  regular 2.5 meters spacing; a transceiver may be placed at any mark
  on the cable. This guarantees both a minimum spacing between
  transceivers of 2.5 meters, as well as controlling the relative
  spacing of transceivers to insure non-alignment on fractional
  wavelength boundaries.

The 802.3 spec agrees with this (section 8.6.2.2).

    paul
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