Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 17:22:49 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: mwhite+@CMU.EDU (Matthew Jason White) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org, questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home networks (or 10Base-T ways to annoy your spouse) Message-ID: <199605070752.RAA21550@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <wlXhYCK00YUr00yQVp@andrew.cmu.edu> from "Matthew Jason White" at May 7, 96 01:01:02 am
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Matthew Jason White stands accused of saying: > > Excerpts from internet.computing.freebsd-questions: 6-May-96 Home > networks (or 10Base-T.. by "Scott A. Miller"@fox.ns > > I FOUND IT! Here's an excerpt from the FAQ posted to the > > comp.dcom.cabling newsgroup that should either answer a lot of > > questions about cabling with 10Base-T (or else you'll give up the > > idea completely... > > I missed the original, but why not use 10Base2? Really, the cable cost > isn't that high, more than made up for by not needing a hub. You don't need a hub with a UTP-crossover cable, and BNC ethernet cards are significantly more expensive these days 8( Having said that, I loathe UTP with a vengeance and use only coax 8) > Matt White -- ]] 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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