Weakening the signal reaching your Macintosh from the ghosting devices. Do not exceed the published maximum cable lengths. For Apple LocalTalk and Fallaron PhoneNet cabling, the maximum is 1000 feet. Cable length should not be a problem on the Yale network unless there is an extremely long daisy chain. The second cause of ghosting can be reflections in the signal.
Reflections are like electrical echos.
They can cause serious communications problems. You can have changes in impedance when the network wire changes from one wire type to another or from one wire gauge to another. It can also happen when there are kinks in twisted-pair wire. Large reflections occur when a wire has not been properly terminated. This will almost always cause problems.