The Engineers tell us what will or will not work. Technicians try anyhow.
Ethernet has various rules which I tend to break -- 300 feet maximum on twisted pair, max of 5 segments. To test these limits I set up a server on a DSL line. I just restored my fiber, but for the past few months rcc.dyndns.org had been running on:
A DSL line connecting to a Westell Wirespeed...
connecting to an SMC Barricade router w/ 4 port hub...
about 250 feet of twisted pair to a Kingston 5 port hub...
about 100 feet of twisted pair to a Fallon 8 port hub...
about 350 feet of underground telephone cable twisted pair to a UB2400 hub...
about 100 feet of twisted pair to another UB2400 hub...
and finally to the P233/Win98 that is running the Xitami server software.
Thre is a difference between Not Supposed To and Cannot.
Posted by at May 2, 2003 09:26 AM