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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!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!mvb.saic.com!news.cerf.net!hacgate2.hac.com!news.delcoelect.com!not-for-mail From: jhburns@kobc0002.delcoelect.com (Jeffrey H. Burns) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Ethernet Date: 30 May 1997 17:24:52 GMT Organization: Delco Electronics Corp. Lines: 36 Message-ID: <JHBURNS.97May30122452@kobc0002.delcoelect.com> References: <Pine.GSO.3.93.970513203003.21856A-100000@lilith.albany.edu> <337BAFE7.42C6@onthenet.com.au> <5ll3sm$9t@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: kobc0002.delcoelect.com In-reply-to: j@uriah.heep.sax.de's message of 17 May 1997 20:19:34 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41918 comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc:114 In article <5ll3sm$9t@uriah.heep.sax.de> j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes: > From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) > Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.netbsd.misc > Date: 17 May 1997 20:19:34 GMT > Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden > Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) > X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 > > Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> wrote: > > > 10BaseT 10 Mbps Ethernet over twisted-pair; requires a hub > not always, for just two > machines, you can get away > with a crossover cable How is a crossover cable made? > > > 10Base2 " " " " thin-wire coax; no hub > > 10Base5 " " " " thick-wire coax; no hub > ...but fairly expensive > cable and transceivers, > basically no longer in > use these days. > > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) > -- Jeffrey H Burns Internet:jhburns@mail.delcoelect.com Project Engineer Delco Electronics Corp. Telephone: (317) 451-3279 Kokomo, IN 46904-9005 FAX: (317) 451-3600