Re: Thinwire specs/problem?

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From: George Ross
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 09:35

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In article <C0M9sL.Mxs@iron.hq.aflc.af.mil>, fenton@iron.hq.aflc.af.mil (George I. Fenton) writes:
> ... I have had cases of PC
> workstations plugged into a bad power outlet with bad ground, and the PCs
> start to use the 10Base2 as a ground source. ...

Then your PC is broken.  The BNC connector is supposed to be completely
electrically isolated from the system ground.  Multiple grounding of a thinnet
is a good way to up your error rate.  Faulty interface cards are one way to
cause this; T-pieces and barrel-connectors touching against random pieces of
metalwork are another.
-- 
George D M Ross, Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh
     Kings Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JZ
Tel: 031-650 5147   Internet: gdmr@dcs.ed.ac.uk   JANET: gdmr@uk.ac.ed.dcs

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