[rescue] Anyone here familiar with 10Base36 ?!?

[Dave McGuire]

On Saturday, September 21, 2002, at 01:43 PM, Patrick Giagnocavo 
+1.717.201.3366 wrote:
> a friend of mine is in an area where he can't use wireless, but wants
> to connect his house to a house about 1500 feet away.  The are he is
> in is tropical, so he wants to have something sturdy.
>
> I suggested 10Base5 with 2 repeaters to cover the distance, but came
> across a sketchy description of "10Base36" which gives up to 3600 feet
> without repeaters.
>
> Anyone know about this, or ever worked with it?  I suppose 10BaseFL is
> also an option but am not sure how well shielded fiber is against
> moisture, etc.

   Can't tell you anything about 10base36...but you definitely want 
fiber for this job...either 10baseFL or FDDI.  Isolation is your friend.

       -Dave

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