MB> apart (unless an intermediate repeater is used).  The general
 MB> Ethernet rule that there cannot be more than three repeaters between
 MB> any two nodes applies here.
 NC> Can you point me to a reference for this? I know it's 
 NC> right but we have a customer who insist's you can daisy 
 NC> chain forever and won't believe that's his prob. We're 
 NC> blowed if we can find a technical reference to prove 
 NC> the point.
- IEEE 802.3
- Ethernet Networks: Design, Implementation, Operation, Management by  
Gilbert Held, c. 1994  John Wiley & Sons  LCCN 93-27492   ISBN 0-471-59717-1
chapter 3.
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