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- From: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
- Subject: Re: Networking recommendation
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.185210.1618@zia.aoc.nrao.edu>
- Reply-To: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
- Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
- References: <55590004@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> <1992Jul22.182937.643@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> <yz5mb0b7@csv.warwick.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 18:52:10 GMT
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- In article <yz5mb0b7@csv.warwick.ac.uk> cudep@warwick.ac.uk (Ian Dickinson) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul22.182937.643@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner) writes:
- >>> I've got two Sun 3/80s that I'd like to network together. What's a
- >>> good (read cheap) method?
- >>Join them with a piece of thinwire and terminators at each end. Might cost
- >>$25 or so (two terminators, two T-connectors, n feet of coax).
- >
- >I didn't think that 3/80s had thin-net,ie AUI only.
- >In which case add 2 micro-transceivers to the price.
-
- Just checked our lone 3/80 and you're right, it's DB15 only. I think micro-
- transceivers run about $75? each these days. Make sure they really are small,
- since the bigger ones have a tendency to a) get in the way of other cables
- (the back of a 3/80 is pretty crowded), and b) fall off under their own
- weight (gotta love those slidelocks). Be sure to disable SQE/heartbeat on them.
-
- Normally I'd recommend a larger transceiver with diagnostic LEDs (power,
- receive, transmit, collision, etc.) and using transceiver cables, but on a
- 2-node network the potential trouble spots are pretty limited :-).
-
- In total it should still be under $200.
- --
- Ruth Milner NRAO/VLA Socorro NM
- Computing Division Head rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu
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