Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 16:19:40 +0000 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=DEor=F0ur?= Ivarsson <totii@est.is> To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>, FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: thickwisre<->thinwire Message-ID: <3433C896.41C67EA6@est.is> References: <199709261752.TAA01396@yedi.iaf.nl>
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Wilko Bulte wrote: > > As Chuck Robey wrote... > > I'm doing a bit of computer re-arrangement (keeps my life interesting) and > > I find I have to connect another computer to my existing home ethernet. > > Trouble is, the ethernet is thinwire, and the new computer (a DECStation > > 5000/120, which will be running NetBSD) is thickwire. I'm going to be > > connecting it to my two existing FreeBSD boxes. > > It probably has an AUI 15 pin D connector. Just find a thinwire tranceiver, > they are quite abundant. Or if you have an AUI-10base5 tranceiver, rewire > it to use a BNC connector. The electronics are the same for 10base2 and > 10base5 (at least they are not distinguishable in normal use) > The specs changes only little and does not care for short cables. The main difference is the velocity factor of Thick Wire is lot higer than Thin Wire cable. The electronic is the same. Thordur Ivarsson Electronic technician thivars@est.is
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