Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 08:11:42 -0500 (CDT) From: "Brett L. Hawn" <blh@nol.net> To: Matthew Jason White <mwhite+@CMU.EDU> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home networks (or 10Base-T ways to annoy your spouse) Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.93.960507080629.28831B-100000@dazed.nol.net> In-Reply-To: <wlXhYCK00YUr00yQVp@andrew.cmu.edu>
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On Tue, 7 May 1996, Matthew Jason White wrote: > 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. Beings that I have had to recable a fair number of departments that used to use 10b2 I have to answer this :) 10b2 is 1: less reliable than 10bT in the fact that at any given time one of those silly little connectors could just decide to slip off. 2: It tends to become saturated more quickly even on a net with less traffic that its able to handle. 3: Due to the looping nature of 10b2 you're likely to find many more collision on a 10b2 network and finally 4: Its a pain in the ass :) Once you've designed and laid out your 10b2 network you're pretty well stuck in that configuration if you have say more than 2 or 3 hosts. You can add more and more hosts but eventually you'll have cable strung out across everywhere. 10bT not only gives you more bandwidth across the ether but allows for a clean layout and design. rather than having to loop everything around you'll find a small hub is makes for a nicer and more efficient method. Brett L. Hawn (PS. I'm not a proffesional cabler and my arguments are poorly written, but.. I think I get the basic point across :))
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