From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 7 14:31:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA10291 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 May 1996 14:31:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nol.net (dazed.nol.net [206.126.32.101]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA10283 for ; Tue, 7 May 1996 14:31:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dazed.nol.net (blh@dazed.nol.net [206.126.32.101]) by nol.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA17734; Tue, 7 May 1996 16:17:45 -0500 (CDT) X-AUTH: NOLNET SENDMAIL AUTH Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 16:17:43 -0500 (CDT) From: "Brett L. Hawn" To: Darryl Okahata cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home networks (or 10Base-T ways to annoy your spouse) In-Reply-To: <199605071929.AA189757377@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 7 May 1996, Darryl Okahata wrote: > For "home networks", 10BT is easier to wire. Right now, I'm using > 10B2, and I'm thinking about switching to 10BT, as routing coax from > room to room is a real pain (e.g., you need two jacks per room, and > there's more wire to route). You'll also find that its more centralized with the 10bT since everything goes to a single hub and you don't have coax looping all over the place. > > It is cheap, though. The cost of reliable cat5 is so low as to be almost no different than the cost of good 50/75ohm coax so I just can't see that as an argument anymore :) Brett