On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Nicolas S. Dade wrote:
Do I need a "T" or several "T" and teminator plugs (plug?) for the coax cable network?
Myself I'd drop the thin (coaxial cable) ethernet and use the 10baseT RJ45s;
they make finding bad cables and transceivers much simpler because the
hub or switch isolates the bad parts. But thin ethernet is what most networks
were back in the IPX day, so for historical value, here's what I remember:
you can terminate coax either with the terminator (75 Ohm?) or with a network
card. So if you only have 2 stations you can just run a cable between them.
If you have 3 you need one T in the middle for the middle station.
Actually, You need a T for EVERY machine on the network. You cannot connect
the end of the cable to a machine, it must be a terminator.
--Kurt