Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 00:03:14 -0600 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <mountin.man@mixcom.com> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: FreeBSD firewall questions Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980213000314.006916e4@198.137.186.100> In-Reply-To: <199802121832.KAA16165@george.arc.nasa.gov>
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At 10:32 AM 2/12/98 -0800, lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov wrote: >I know this is nitpicking, but, by "coax" I assume you mean >"thin ethernet", "thin-net", whatever. Thick coax worked >just fine for me, much better than 10baseT when it first >came out, or trying to use 10baseT on older wiring. I'd expect it from you. ;) It was thin-net. >A clean thick ethernet coax installation was no problem - >except that it is expensive/time-consuming to install, >and, worse, to modify. Never say nor heard of any thick-net use in my experience. >However, 10baseT became very reliable about four years ago, >and, on a good cat-5 installation, is very nice, as everyone >knows. I agree that thin-net should be avoided like the >plague. I never had anything but trouble with it, even for >short distances. I was surprised to see it still being promoted >for cheap home/small-office installations, as I observed in an >electronics store a few nights ago. Especially now that you can >get inexpensive, small 10baseT hubs (but only for about the last >year or so has the price really come down) from several vendors. Then it became reliable before I started networking about 3 years ago. I'll admit thin-net is easy to set up, as someone mentioned, and a number of people I know use it at home. Mostly I'd guess because most places will give it away. Not to mention a hub is not needed and they don't know how to may a cross cable for only 2 systems. FWIW, I have worked with large coax, but only for radio applications. One of the few that would solder both the center _and_ shield on a PL-259. >Today, there is absolutely no reason to use anything other >than 10baseT (or 100baseT) on new installations. Always use >level-5 wiring. [And, I would recommend eliminating *all* >the thin-net coax from existing installations.] Amen! Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking mountin.man@mixcom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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