You do have to look at the actual distance. I have had success in a 6 op
multi with 150 feet of CAT 5 cable between certain stations. Note that thee
were not laptops so that, I suspect, helped add some distance.
Tom NY4I
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Ocker" <charlie.ocker@tellabs.com>
To: <trlog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 8:43 AM
Subject: [TRLog] Multi Network question
>
> Greetings,
>
> I am familiar with TR's scheme of networking computers. But, I have a
> question that I'd like to throw out:
>
> Suppose one of the computers in the network was remote, further away
> than rs232 could work reliably. Is there a way to use some old modems
> and a twisted pair to link the remote computer in the network? If so,
> would there need to be two twisted pairs and two modems, one for the
> 'incoming' traffic, and the other for the 'outgoing' traffic?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> 73,
> Charlie N9CO
>
>
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