#-----Original Message-----
#From: Vincent Cunniffe [mailto:vcunniff at arbgroup.com]
#Sent: 04 October 1999 10:11
#To: ilug at linux.ie
#Subject: Re: [ILUG] Re: new ethernet network
#
#
#ilug-admin at linux.ie wrote:
#>
#> Try using BNC. As far as I know and I may be wrong but when
#using 2 nodes
#> you don't need a 50 terminator. Am I talking truth or bull,
#as I've never
#> tried this.
#
#You do need a terminator... I've heard that it's possible to
#get a connection
#working without terminators, but it's a matter of luck if you
#do, and it's
#certainly outside the spec.
#
#The terminators basically act as infinitely long wires, damping out the
#signal. They need to be in place for any reliable BNC network.
#
It's just a matter of choice, but I really wouldn't go with using BNC,
it's too fragile and bad crimping/squashed cable means you'll loose the
connection.
Get a crossover cat5 cable.
Ken
Ken Guest,
ken at tuatha.org +353-868-252-141 http://technobrat.net
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