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- From: williams@nssdcs.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Williams)
- Subject: Re: How to network 3-4 home machines cheaply?
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 15:47:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec10.153444.9033@tinman.mke.ab.com> tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461) writes:
- >css@tron.stx.com (Chris Shenton) writes:
- >:
- >: My housemate and I want to network our machines (3 UNIX and 1 LISP)
- >: together. Three of these have Thicknet connectors, one has no ethernet
- >: yet. What's the cheapest way to connect 'em all up?
- >:
- >: Seems like running a thicknet rib in the attic and buying all the
- >: transceivers and cables would be real pricey. And I can't even
- >: directly connect two machines, can I?
-
- [ ... ]
-
- >: I could get a few Thick-to-10BaseT transceivers, but wouldn't I then
- >: have to buy a 10BaseT hub to interconnect them? What would be the
- >: price on a 4-8 channel hub? Could I at least connect two machines by a
- >: direct (point-to-point) 10BaseT line?
- >
- >You cannot directly connect two 10BaseT trancievers, You need some
- >sort of hub in the middle to assert the the signals properly. I don't
- >have prices for 4-8 channel concentrators, we buy 100+ channel boxes
- >here at Allen-Bradley. I'm guessing they are more expensive than
- >you'd be willing to pay.
-
- It is my understanding that in the design of 10BaseT, it was
- specifically intended that you *could* connect two 10BaseT devices
- together with just a wire. If you want a network with three or more
- devices then you will need the hub, but for just two machines, you
- shouldn't. When I get a chance, I'm going to actually test this, but
- my information comes from a reliable source.
-
- >: Getting a Thicknet-to-Thinnet seems like it might work, then I connect
- >: 'em all up with coax ``T'' connectors. Is this doable?
- >
- >Yes, and probably much cheaper than buying twisted pair tranceivers and
- >a hub. This is actually a very popular choice for many small business.
- >Twisted pair doesn't start to pay for itself until the number of nodes
- >reaches a certain point (definetly more than 4).
-
- This is probably the best choice for getting all four machines onto a
- net.
-
-
- >: -- Chris Shenton css@tron.stx.com Hughes/STX 301-794-5490
-
- Hey! We're co-workers! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Jim
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