Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:00:46 -0400 From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net> To: Rick Knebel <rknebel@uplink.net>, gegm@netidea.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Home Network Message-ID: <19990417120046.A6392@ipass.net> In-Reply-To: <37023E2A.166FB8C6@uplink.net>; from Rick Knebel on Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 10:24:26AM -0500 References: <37023E2A.166FB8C6@uplink.net> <199903311839.KAA15675@everest.netidea.com> <37023E2A.166FB8C6@uplink.net>
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Rick Knebel: |I am in the very early stages of trying to put together a home network |and would like to run it bye a few people to see if it is possible |before I go all out. ... |I guess I would need an ethernet card in each machine and a hub?? gregm@netidea.com: |Yes you'll need a hub and ethernet cards for each. Unless the Mac doesn't offer a 10base2 (thinnet coax) network card, you don't necessarily need a hub. For 10baseT (twisted pair; RJ45) you would need a hub. But here and at my folks' house, we just run coax through the walls to all the boxes. No hubs required. If you haven't bought hardware yet (you probably have -- it's been a while since your post), simplest route is to buy combo cards (support both 10base2 and 10baseT), and then just use whatever is most convenient at the time. Two machines back-to-back you can use RJ45, but with 3 or more you need to add a hub, or just use coax. Randall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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