Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 12:03:27 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: blh@nol.net (Brett L. Hawn) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com, questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home networks (or 10Base-T ways to annoy your spouse) Message-ID: <199605080233.MAA25515@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.93.960507212045.3644C-100000@dazed.nol.net> from "Brett L. Hawn" at May 7, 96 09:21:30 pm
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Brett L. Hawn stands accused of saying: > > > ... you just have a million pieces of blue cable wandering back to > > the hub. This is a pain if you have several machines scattered around. > > uhh.. when did you stop by my place? did my roomie invite you? :) Heh. No; I've seen what happens when people use an innapropriate cabling type for religious reasons 8) It's amusing reading people preach one over the other; UTP is great for fixed installations, coax is king when you need to be dynamic. Thickwire, otoh, is only good for scourging Windows users with... > Brett -- ]] 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 [[
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