Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 12:08:38 -0500 (CDT) From: Rob Snow <rsnow@lgc.com> To: "Brett L. Hawn" <blh@nol.net> Cc: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com, questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Home networks (or 10Base-T ways to annoy your spouse) Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.93.960509120637.2693A-100000@dympna> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.93.960507225756.9710A-100000@dazed.nol.net>
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On Tue, 7 May 1996, Brett L. Hawn wrote: > On Wed, 8 May 1996, Michael Smith wrote: > > > > > ... you just have a million pieces of blue cable wandering back to > > > > the hub. This is a pain if you have several machines scattered around. > > > > > > uhh.. when did you stop by my place? did my roomie invite you? :) > > > > Heh. No; I've seen what happens when people use an innapropriate cabling > > type for religious reasons 8) > > Actually I used it simply because I had the cable already there and the > resources for it on hand. Given the choice though I'd still use it simply > because I find 10b2 unreliable and likely to hose off at any moment, let > alone have several kittens in the house who would no doubt find a T > connector to be a wonderful toy. [SNIP] Reminds me of a time I had a new office run in both 10b2 & 10bt. Couldn't get more than 4 machines on the 10b2, no matter what I tried. Jacked with the wall plates, etc. Finally had the installer get a guy with a scanner out. He took on look and asked the installer why he'd pulled RJ57(75ohm?) instead of RJ58.... -Rob
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