The original posters name and email address have been stripped out,
but hopefully s/he will see this on the list.

The poster should look for an RS-422 line driver.
The RS422 standard can work with UTP cable up to
10 miles (16Km) long at speeds of 128Kbps.

Black Box Corp. has a number of devices that would work
in this situation.  www.blackbox.com

Jim Meagher


----- Original Message -----
From: "Herbert Graf" <[log in to unmask]>


> > What is the best way to to connect two LANs about 1 km apart ? Please
> > advise.
>
>      Ouch, no easy answer to this one. To begin the first question is what
> bandwidth do you require and what is you're budget? Can you run your own
> cable or do you need to rely on existing infrastructure? Probably the
> easiest route is the PSTN (telephone system). A single telephone line and
> two modems and you're set. Unfortunately it is very slow. None of the
> existing 10Base standards can reach 1km (10Base5 has a max of 500 meters).
> If money is of little concern fibre would be a good choice, tons of
> bandwidth. Hope this helped. TTYL

                         PCBUILD's List Owner's:
                      Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
                       Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>