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Article #360Re: running network cable through windows and walls?
From: Matt Dillon
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00
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:In article <6shp0b$f0e$1@samba.rahul.net>,
:Rahul Dhesi <c.c.eiftj@08.usenet.us.com> wrote:
:>In <UwUG1.35$kE2.252043@news.shore.net> holmes73@hotmail.com writes:
:>
:>>I have to agree. I had to troubleshoot a problem where a length of 75 ohm
:>>cable was used to connect a new machine in my lab. There were 3 machines
:>>in a row on a bench. 2 and 3 could talk to each other, but not to
:>>anything else on the network, and 1 could talk to the rest of the network
:>>and 3, but not 2. We wasted a LOT of time trying to figure this one out.
:>
:>This is an argument against thinnet. Really, it's an argument against
:>out-of-spec coax.
:>
:>You can easily create the same scenario by using out-of-spec twisted
:>pair wiring.
:>--
:>Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>
IMHO, I've had to run a hellofalot of coax in my life, and with BEST I've
run a hellofalot of cat-5 cable to HUBs and switches.
The difference between maintaining a coax-based network and a hub'd or
switched network is the difference between night and day. Literally.
-Matt
--
Matthew Dillon Engineering, HiWay Technologies, Inc. & BEST Internet
Communications
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1159e3,4e89f3904072fcfe X-Google-Attributes: gid1159e3,public X-Google-Thread: fa874,4e89f3904072fcfe X-Google-Attributes: gidfa874,public X-Google-Thread: 113850,4e89f3904072fcfe X-Google-Attributes: gid113850,public From: dillon@best.net (Matt Dillon) Subject: Re: running network cable through windows and walls? Date: 1998/09/01 Message-ID: <6shsde$rnu$1@flea.best.net> X-Deja-AN: 386936961 References: <6rcoho$284$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6sfafd$l5m$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <UwUG1.35$kE2.252043@news.shore.net> <6shp0b$f0e$1@samba.rahul.net> X-Trace: 904688883 2768 dillon 206.184.139.131 Organization: Best Internet Communications, Inc. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems.cable,ba.internet,alt.home.repair