Hello Bernhard!
On Thursday October 16 1997 at 21:53, Bernhard Kuemel wrote to William 
Hargrave:
 BK> So it works as a multiple port repeater? An input is sent to every
 BK> other line and collisions are just as possible as with 10Base2?
Yes, basically - for 10BaseT and 100BaseTX - there are other 100Base 
protocols which are slightly different.
There are switching hubs (expensive - several thousands of US dollars I 
believe) which don't have this behaviour.
 BK> How far can such a network be? How long a single cable and how long
 BK> can a chain of repeaters be?
90m concentrator-node or conc-conc.
 BK> How many ports do such concentrators have? 8?
5,8, 16, etc... :)
 BK> How much do they cost and how much the cables?
I don't know the likely price in your area, but in the UK you can get the 
smaller hubs for less than 40ukp.
Cables - depends what you want....patch cords? Varies. Just make sure you get 
Cat5 for upwards compatability.
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 Will                                        
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