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:In article <6shurm$g49$1@samba.rahul.net>,
:Rahul Dhesi <c.c.eiftj@08.usenet.us.com> wrote:
:>In <6shrbr$1m2$1@nntp1.ba.best.com> malch@malch.com (Malcolm Hoar) writes:
:>
:>>IMO, thin-wire *can* work well for small networks. I wouldn't use
:>>if for more than a few nodes - troubleshooting is just too
:>>troublesome.
:>
:>Why is this so?  The only reason for better troubleshooting that I have
:>heard described is that with 10BaseT you can easily isolate a node by
:>unplugging its wire.
:>
:>But with Thinnet you can easily isolate a node by unplugging its

    No, it's not that easy.  With thinnet, it isn't necessarily the node
    that's broken.  Someone might have stepped on the coax, or someone might
    have pulled another cable through the conduit and notched your coax
    at a bend.  Sometimes problems are intermittent, sometimes problems effect
    a portion of the wire protocol (such as messing up the collision detection)
    and isn't the fault of any single node.  This brings back memories (that
    I'd rather forget) of spending hours trying track coax problems down with
    a time domain reflectometer.  Even with the reflectometer it's a bitch.

    10BaseT is a whole different ballgame.  Short of breaking the copper,
    you can put those cables through a lot of abuse without screwing anything
    up.

:>The only real advantages of 10BaseT that I see are that the wiring is
:>easily pulled through conduit and that it's easy to make everything
:>terminate in a single closet, so you have to walk less.  Which reasoning

    The advantage is that when something breaks, you can usually isolate it
    in a minute or two with 10BaseT, verses (sometimes) hours trying to
    isolate a problem on a large 10Base2 network.  Even with a small network, 
    the maintainance time required to mess with 10BaseT is easily an order of 
    magnitude *LESS* then the maintenance time required to mess with 10Base2.

    This isn't even mentioning the bandwidth and scaleability advantages you
    have with twisted pair.

						    -Matt

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    Matthew Dillon  Engineering, HiWay Technologies, Inc. & BEST Internet
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