On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 01:09:15PM -0400, Donald Becker wrote:
>
> Acckkkk!!! This cable setup is *not* a valid configuration!
>
> You must use only 50ohm coax with a terminater at each end, and no stubs
> longer than 5cm (most of which is used by the card). Those BNC-to-RJ11
> converters are for an obsolete IBM cabling system, not for Ethernet.
I kind of wondered if it didn't have something to do with those adapters.
I guess I'll have to try to locate a short coax cable for this setup.
> Twisted pair is now so much better than coax that I recommend forgetting
> about ever setting up a coax network, and any that still exist should be
> replaced at the first failure.
>
> You should buy a well-marked Cat-5 cross-over cable for your system if your
> network cards support 10baseT. If you have a choice, buy either a yellow
> cable with molded grey ends, or red cables.
I bought these cards because they were available for $10 each at a local
computer show. Unfortunately, they only have 10base2 (the BNC connectors),
so a crossover connector is out of the question, unless there's some way
to convert them.
My main concern at the moment isn't to set up a network, but to provide
a faster way to transfer files between my notebook computers than either
floppies or my parallel port zip drive, and also to learn a bit about
networking in the process.
Anyway thanks for the help. At least now I know what I need to get to
make this setup work.
Chuck
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