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Re: how to test Ethernet connection



Nate Duehr wrote:

The newbies don't remember bridges. You're going to be here for a while explaining it if you're in the mood to teach.

How about:
http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gorry/course/lan-pages/bridge.html

Some of us remember when you needed them to break up a too-busy LAN into segments...

Yup: a very expensive box connected via D15 cables to transceivers
larger than a modern ADSL modem+router+switch+wireless box, connected
via a bee-sting tap made with a sort of twist drill bit in a plastic
holder to big fat yellow thick Ethernet cable running at a blistering
10Mb/s.

Ahhh, happy days :-)


John Stumbles



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