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In article <4946@wet.UUCP> dg@wet.UUCP (David Goodenough) writes:
>... just how essential are they: I seem to be getting on just fine
>with two regular terminators.

David:  There are two issues:  1) safety.  All ethernet cables must be (well,
should be) grounded at one point only.  2) Efficiency - I have seen where
ungrounded ethernet cable generates more electrical noise (thus more bad
packets) when the traffic is high (50%).

Two P.C.'s on a bench connected back to back sounds O.K. to me.  I would leave
it this way.  The cable will be succeptable to static electricity, however.  It
depends!

Tom Mehrtens
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