From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 20 18:57:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from watson.ficsgrp.com (watson.ficsgrp.com [194.74.111.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAD8214EB2 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 18:57:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from harry.woodward-clarke@s1.com) Received: from mail.au.ficsgrp.com ([194.74.111.35]) by watson.ficsgrp.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA3037 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 03:57:23 +0100 Received: from S1.com ([172.16.48.219]) by mail.au.ficsgrp.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id 407; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:01:01 +1100 Message-ID: <385EEC08.E925BC45@S1.com> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 13:55:04 +1100 From: Harry Woodward-Clarke X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peeter Pirn Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: terminal room cabling References: <385EE3EB.794BDF32@rhubarb.fwi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG G'day, > > I want to set up remote Wyse terminals about 60 ft. away (in another > room) from the host 3.2-RELEASE machine. I've never managed this kind of > cabling before. My first stab is to look for several 60-ft laplink > cables. Somehow, I don't think this is how computing centers set up > multiple terminals. I'm using a Cyclom 8Yo DB25 ISA multiport serial > card and Wyse 60 terminals. no, typically it's not ;') > > I request suggestions of how to accomplish this the Right Way and > pointers to appropriate vendors. I suggest you check your local "Yellow Pages" for 'Cabling' and /or 'Electrical' and organise someone to run some CAT5 cable around your site. The good thing about this is that you can run all sorts of stuff over it, not just serial data (as you want now) but also network data, telephone and even audio. Not on exactly the same piece of wire at the same time ;') but definitely the way to go. If you're an electrician, you can 'do it yourself', but I would recommend a professional cable electrician - as he can create the runs of cable, install the faceplates and the patch panels and all the extras required. Oh, it won't be "cheap", but it will be "right". hth, |-| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message