Re: 10Base2 segment to RJ-45?

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From: L. F. Sheldon, Jr.
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:00

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On 28 Aug 1996, I'm a good man wrote:

> At first, I thought by just adding a tranceiver or balun, I could plug 
> the end of a 10Base2 segment to a 10BaseT hub. 
> 
> A while past, I start to wonder this is generally impossible.
> 
> Do I get anything wrong? Thks for any correction.


10baseT is not the same system as 10base2, except on balanced pairs.
There really is not much at the physical layer the same except the copper
in the wire.

There are "media adapters" available, as are "hubs" with a variety of
MDI's (Media Dependent Interfaces).
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Date: 1996/08/28
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