Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 13:13:17 +0100 (MET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: a networking question... Message-ID: <199703201213.NAA05613@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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Hi, sorry if I abuse of this group for a partially unrelated question... I am having a hard time in finding cheap Ethernet repeaters with BNC ports, whereas 10 Mb/s HUBs with 10BaseT RJ45 ports are now available for about $15/port. Is it possible to connect the AUI port of a BNC transceiver to the Tx/Rx pairs of an RJ45 port and make the connection work ? (of course with an external power supply) I am asking because quite often I have seen RJ45 "transceivers" to be connected to the AUI port which are a block of plastic with only wires inside. The collision pair is evidently left unconnected, but this might work just because the AUI port on those ethernet cards is special. I am actually thinking of something different (and perhaps less critical), since the 10baseT port must be able to sense collisions via A the Rx/Tx pairs. Thanks Luigi -----------------------------+-------------------------------------- Luigi Rizzo | Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it | Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 | via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 | http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ _____________________________|______________________________________
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