3.AUI cables of up to 50 meters are not included in Rule number 1, thus the total network diameter between fiber Ethernet nodes can be 4110 meters (4200 m - 190 m + 50 m + 50 m = 4110 m) through a single concentrator

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Figure 2-5. All-Fiber Network

The Ethernet four-repeater rule limits the number of repeaters between any two transceivers to four. In general, this restricts most vendor configurations to a maximum of four concentrators connected in series. This restriction does not apply to the ONline System Concentrators when using ONline 10BASE-FB Modules to connect concentrators. This is because the 10BASE-FB Modules use a synchronous (repeaterless) technology.

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