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- From: mskucher@math.uwaterloo.ca (Murray S. Kucherawy [MFCF])
- Subject: Re: Use Of 10-BaseT With AIX...experiences?
- Message-ID: <BxGEI7.MFF@math.uwaterloo.ca>
- Organization: Math Faculty Computing Facility, University of Waterloo, Canada
- References: <BxFFtr.wD@sti.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 14:49:18 GMT
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- westes@sti.com (Will Estes) writes:
- >I'm wondering if others out there are using 10-BaseT with AIX, and what
- >have been your experiences with it, good and bad? In our situation, we
- >want to get all of the PCs onto 10-BaseT connecting through the hub to a
- >Netware/386 box. The question is should we put the AIX system onto the
- >same net via 10-BaseT, or do we go by ethernet from AIX to the hub? Any
- >reasons to favor ethernet over 10-BaseT with AIX?
-
- This is the setup we have. There have been no networking problems to speak
- of, but we did find that NONE of the thickwire-to-10BaseT adapters fit
- nicely because the thickwire jack on the back of our AIX machines is recessed
- a bit and surrounded by a plastic frame. A real thickwire cable would fit
- nicely, but the adapter needed to be really wedged in to connect properly,
- and a slight nudge is enough to knock it out while live.
-
- I kinda wish IBM would have done what everyone else has been doing for a long
- time and NOT recessed the thickwire jack. *sigh*
-
- -- Murray S. Kucherawy ----------------------------------------+--------------
- Software Systems Co-op, Math Faculty Computing Facility [MFCF] | All spelling
- University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada | errors caused
- E-mail: mskucherawy@{math,watdragon}.UWaterloo.ca | by Pnews.
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