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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!europa.clark.net!netnews.com!netaxs.com!grr From: grr@shandakor.tharsis.com (George Robbins) Newsgroups: sunya.cs.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Ethernet Date: 14 May 1997 18:08:55 GMT Organization: George's Pet Unix System Lines: 32 Message-ID: <slrn5njvsn.88.grr@shandakor.tharsis.com> References: <Pine.GSO.3.93.970513203003.21856A-100000@lilith.albany.edu> <5lci4l$9lq$1@daily.bbnplanet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: robbins.jvnc.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.1.1 BETA UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40849 comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc:88 In article <5lci4l$9lq$1@daily.bbnplanet.com>, David Todd wrote: > it's cheaper, but moves data at the same speed. 100BaseT uses > basically the same wiring as 10BaseT (though it must be of higher > quality, generally) but moves 10 times faster, assuming your hubs > and cards support it. > > If anyone out there knows of a better solution to this stuff, please > include me in the reply. That was a pretty good summary. If you're starting from scratch, you might as well look at 100baseT cards and hubs, if you already have some equipment, it's a trade off between 10baseT and thinwire coax. 10baseT hubs are much cheaper than they were initially and if everything is close enough to just use the modular cords between one hub and all the systems, installation is trivial. Thinwire avoids the cost of hubs and it's sometimes easier to string one daisy-chain of coax than a star arrangement of twisted pair, but the connectors are a pain, pre-made cable expensive and it isn't upgradable to 100MBit... The book recommendation is good, there are others but one thing to note is that at the outset of a new standard, there are usually several different ideas and compatibility problems, that gradually sort out as one standard prevails over the others. As a result a boot that tries to be comprehensie usually make it seem a lot more complicated than it really is in day to day application. -- George Robbins - not working for, work: to be avoided at all costs... but still emotionally attached to: web: http://www.netaxs.com/people/grr Commodore, Engineering Department domain: grr@tharsis.com