In theory there is a limit, but in practicality, unless you're going to be
hooking up dozens of computers, not likely. :-) (Still, though, there are
other problems you may run into with Coax, which aren't present in twisted
pair.)
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremy Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Fwd: Re: [SATLUG] more networking help
> On Sat, 10 Jul 1999, you wrote:
>
> > *DO NOT* remove the tee's and caps. They're a design part of the
hardware
> > known as the "physical link layer" and that part is working fine.
Remember,
> > you can see packets on the other machine. And never plug together two
tees
> > to get a junction with three connections. (At least not if you need it
to
> > be reliable!)
>
> Thanks, but the problem was my NE2000 card. I simply swapped it for
another
> 3c5090 I had laying around, and bingo, it worked. Now I know by using BNC
> connectors I don't need a hub of any sort, so is there a limitation on the
> amount of computers I can daisy-chain?
>
>
> Jeremy
>
