From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Sep 26 10:51:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA18726 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 10:51:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [206.246.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA18719 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 10:51:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Journey2.mat.net (journey2.mat.net [206.246.122.116]) by earth.mat.net (8.8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA00985; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 13:48:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 13:48:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@Journey2.mat.net To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: thickwisre<->thinwire In-Reply-To: <199709261737.TAA04140@sos.freebsd.dk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id KAA18720 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Søren Schmidt wrote: > In reply to Chuck Robey who wrote: > > I'm doing a bit of computer re-arrangement (keeps my life interesting) and > > I find I have to connect another computer to my existing home ethernet. > > Trouble is, the ethernet is thinwire, and the new computer (a DECStation > > 5000/120, which will be running NetBSD) is thickwire. I'm going to be > > connecting it to my two existing FreeBSD boxes. > > > > Does anyone know where I could go to get a thickwire to thinwire > > converter? I've not had any luck searching it out yet. > > Does the DECStation connect via an AUI cable ?? > Then you just need one of those little gizmos that plug in to the > AUI connector and has a BNC connector in the other end.... > Or you could get nasty and get a connector that fits on the end of > the think cable and a converter from that to BNC, both cables are > 50 Ohms, so it works, just is a bit unusual :) Oh, yeah? Didn't know that. If I get desperate in locating the converter, I'll try that as a backup. The DECStation has the AUI connector on the back. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team > Even more code to hack -- will it ever end > .. > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------