Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 19:52:07 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: thickwisre<->thinwire Message-ID: <199709261752.TAA01396@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970926123553.296D-100000@Journey2.mat.net> from "Chuck Robey" at Sep 26, 97 12:39:15 pm
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As Chuck Robey 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. It probably has an AUI 15 pin D connector. Just find a thinwire tranceiver, they are quite abundant. Or if you have an AUI-10base5 tranceiver, rewire it to use a BNC connector. The electronics are the same for 10base2 and 10base5 (at least they are not distinguishable in normal use) Wilko _ ____________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl http://www.tcja.nl/~wilko |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands - Do, or do not. There is no 'try' ----------------------------------------------------------------------Yoda
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