Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 16:17:43 -0500 (CDT) From: "Brett L. Hawn" <blh@nol.net> To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> Cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home networks (or 10Base-T ways to annoy your spouse) Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.93.960507161626.17452B-100000@dazed.nol.net> In-Reply-To: <199605071929.AA189757377@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com>
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On Tue, 7 May 1996, Darryl Okahata wrote: > For "home networks", 10BT is easier to wire. Right now, I'm using > 10B2, and I'm thinking about switching to 10BT, as routing coax from > room to room is a real pain (e.g., you need two jacks per room, and > there's more wire to route). You'll also find that its more centralized with the 10bT since everything goes to a single hub and you don't have coax looping all over the place. > > It is cheap, though. The cost of reliable cat5 is so low as to be almost no different than the cost of good 50/75ohm coax so I just can't see that as an argument anymore :) Brett
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