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Re: [Sheflug] Re: Network



On Fri, 3 May 2002 18:36:24 +0000
Richard Ibbotson <richard [at] sheflug.co.uk> wrote:

> Andrew
> 
> > The cheapest and easiest way is to put both 10base2
> > (BNC/coax/thinnet) and 10baseT (RJ45/twisted pair) cards in one
> > machine.
> 
> 
> No, I just put one card in with a BNC and RJ45 connection on it.  Lot 
> cheaper that way.  Means I can use either.

RJ45 & BNC don't work at the same time on the same NIC, unless it is a
genuine dual port NIC (expensive and hard to get hold of). I meant (in
Darrell's case if you read his post) in an environment where he wants to
bridge between a 10baseT (RJ45) network and 10base2 (BNC) network.

It is cheaper & easier to put 2 cards (1xBNC + 1xRJ45) into the firewall
box than to track down a tranceiver to translate between the two hardware
standards (Maplin do one, order code VL99H, a snip at £76.59+VAT)

Practically all cards with BNC connectors also have RJ45 anyway (unless
they were _really_ cheap & nasty).

--Andrew

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