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- From: hillig@U.Chem.LSA.UMich.EDU (Kurt Hillig)
- Subject: Re: Use Of 10-BaseT With AIX...experiences?
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- Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 16:57:30 EST
- Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- In article <BxGEI7.MFF@math.uwaterloo.ca> mskucher@math.uwaterloo.ca (Murray S. Kucherawy [MFCF]) writes:
- >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.
- >---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------
-
- If it makes you feel better, their thin-wire connectors are a pain to get
- at too :-{ However, you can {buy|make} a 6-inch AUI cable with a couple
- 15-pin D connectors and some ribbon cable, and this will work just fine.
- No need for a "real thickwire" (i.e. AUI) cable.
-
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- Kurt Hillig
- Dept. of Chemistry khillig@umich.edu
- University of Michigan Telephone (313)747-2867
- Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055 hillig@chem.lsa.umich.edu
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