Re: AppleTalk via PhoneNet?

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960427234606.8592E-100000@subzero.winternet.com>,
Dragon King  <markhj01@winternet.com> wrote:
>> In article <area51-2504961808100001@pool024.max27.los-angeles.ca.dynip.alter.net>,
>> Adam Rumack <area51@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >Is it possible to connect my Apple IIgs with my Mac Performa 575 (they're
>> >on seperate levels of my house) using PhoneNet adapters?

>> I'm not sure, but I think PhoneNet connectors use the pair of wires in a
>> phone cord which are unused by an ordinary phone connection.  So, if the
>> wiring in your house is new enough, you can connect these two computers
>> by plugging each into a phone outlet.  But don't take my word for it.  It 
>> may be that the building's phone wiring needs to be outfitted with 
>> special shielding, or, indeed, that I dreamt the whole thing.

>You are correct sir.. Regular one phone systems only use the inner two 
>wires (red & green). PhoneNet connectors use the outer two (black & yellow).
>I've never run a network using the same cabling as the phone, but it 
>should work fine.

   That presupposes that you only have one phone line to your
house. If you've got 2, all 4 wires are used, making it a little
harder to borrow two more. Also, I''m not sure where connection for
the unused ones ends-- if it goes halfway down the street before
deadending, you could get into signal reflections and other gunk.
Best bet would be to try it out, and if it doesn't work very well or
reliably, then plonk down the extra $ and string phone cable between
the appletalk boxes.

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Nathan Mates
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