From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Sep 26 14:39:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA29737 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 14:39:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from usr08.primenet.com (tlambert@usr08.primenet.com [206.165.6.208]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA29713 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 14:39:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA14801; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 14:39:01 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199709262139.OAA14801@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: thickwisre<->thinwire To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:39:00 +0000 (GMT) Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Chuck Robey" at Sep 26, 97 12:39:15 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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. A couple of card vendors have them on their WWW sales pages for ~$15; you can get them for cheaper, but the best bet is there. If you go through PC Mall (or wherever), you will end up paying $50+. The place I've seen them for cheaper is on auction at www.onsale.com. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.