Re: Switchbox cables

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <19961119071400.CAA19843@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
 <krinibar@aol.com> wrote:
>I while back I wrote about having trouble with switchboxes and Imagewriter
>cables.  Some people said connect straight through cable to the computer
>and some said to the printer.  Which is it?  I have 4 computers on one
>switch box.  (Macs now).

   Between the printer and the computer, there should be an odd number
of printer cables and null modem boxes, and any number of modem
(straight thru) cables.

   Therefore, in this case you should either make the 4 cables from
the computer printer cables, and the one from the switchbox straight
thru, or 4 straight-thru cables from the computers, and one printer
cable from the switchbox. Either way will work just fine; just make
all 4 cables from the computers the same, but all different from the
one going to the printer.

Nathan Mates
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