From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 7 00:48:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA21931 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 May 1996 00:48:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA21920 Tue, 7 May 1996 00:48:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id RAA21550; Tue, 7 May 1996 17:22:50 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605070752.RAA21550@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Home networks (or 10Base-T ways to annoy your spouse) To: mwhite+@CMU.EDU (Matthew Jason White) Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 17:22:49 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org, questions@freefall.freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Matthew Jason White" at May 7, 96 01:01:02 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Matthew Jason White stands accused of saying: > > Excerpts from internet.computing.freebsd-questions: 6-May-96 Home > networks (or 10Base-T.. by "Scott A. Miller"@fox.ns > > I FOUND IT! Here's an excerpt from the FAQ posted to the > > comp.dcom.cabling newsgroup that should either answer a lot of > > questions about cabling with 10Base-T (or else you'll give up the > > idea completely... > > I missed the original, but why not use 10Base2? Really, the cable cost > isn't that high, more than made up for by not needing a hub. You don't need a hub with a UTP-crossover cable, and BNC ethernet cards are significantly more expensive these days 8( Having said that, I loathe UTP with a vengeance and use only coax 8) > Matt White -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[