From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 7 06:13:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA05762 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 May 1996 06:13:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nol.net (root@dazed.nol.net [206.126.32.101]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA05757 for ; Tue, 7 May 1996 06:13:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dazed.nol.net (blh@dazed.nol.net [206.126.32.101]) by nol.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA29349; Tue, 7 May 1996 08:11:43 -0500 (CDT) X-AUTH: NOLNET SENDMAIL AUTH Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 08:11:42 -0500 (CDT) From: "Brett L. Hawn" To: Matthew Jason White cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home networks (or 10Base-T ways to annoy your spouse) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 :))