Previously, Andrew Mathews wrote:
> Joel Hammer wrote:
> > I am rusty on networking.
> > I have a thin coaxial cable home network. My son just got a lap
> > top for school and will be bringing it home from time to time
> > and needs to hook it up to the home network. He will need to
> > access the internet as well as download files, etc.
> > The laptop has a twisted pair NIC.
> > What would be the easiest way of hooking this thing into my
> > network? I imagine putting a second NIC into an easily
> > accessible computer on the network and hooking them together
> > directly with a twisted wire would be easy. What would be the
> > proper name for such a directly connecting twisted wire cable?
> > I may just go out and get hub and start converting my home
> > network over to twisted wire instead of thin coax. Does anyone
> > have experience making this transition?
> > Any other ideas appreciated.
> > Joel
>
> You could consider using a hub that has a BNC connector to connect your
> existing coax network and 10BaseT for the laptop. That would allow you
> to migrate from thinnet to 10BaseT without having to recable
> immediately. Consider a wireless network in the long run though.
> Eliminates any of these issues concerning cabling and compatability. I
> know the freedom it gives me is more than worth the price.
I know they make tranceiver cables that go BNC to RJ45, Do they make 'em the
other way? I think I remember seeing them when I bought the tranceivers for a
couple old RS6000's we have at work (Microchannel). Check out your local
electronics shop, maybe even Radio Shack.
HTH,
Tim
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