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Dan,
    You are _extremely_ lucky.  The "f" type connector is a 75 ohm connector.
Coaxial ethernet (10 base-2) type connections are 50 ohm connections.  If you wire
a 50 ohm ethernet connection with 75 ohm cable it should _not_ work.  If you are
lucky it may function but not on a consistent basis.  I expect that you are
dropping packets like crazy.  Lest someone claim that I am crazy I can state that I
have had to trouble shoot networks where someone has used 75 ohm cable.  The
problem is very difficult to locate as the 2 cables look quite similar.  In you
case the section of your system which is 75 ohm may be short enough (in length)
that it manages to work but this is _not_ a recomended practice.

Daniel Erskine wrote:

> kanryo@juno.com wrote:
> > I want to run cabling between 2 PCs for networking purposes.  Unfortunately
> > the 2 PCs are in different parts and floors of a large house.  The most
> > direct pathway would be out one sliding window/external wall and into
> > another.  But it seems that cold air will seep through any holes are that
> > made or used.  Is there a way to feed the cabling out and back into the house
> > without enabling cold air to seep in?  Or is there a way to somehow feed the
> > cabling through the central air/heat ducts?  Thanks for any
> > advice/suggestions.
> >
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> Greetings:
>   I've reviewed all the previous responses.  So far, I haven't seen this
> option presented.  Radio Shack sells "BNC"-to-"F" cable
> connectors/adapters.
> You will need a few for this scenerio.  You will also need a few standard
> CATV outlet plates, and a "little bit of elbow-grease" ;)  If your home has
> (removable) panel siding, you could "run" your cable from room-to-room,
> from the "outside" of your house by going through the 2-by-4 wall studs!
> If you try this, you *might* want to use differing color CATV plates, so
> that you want accidentally plug a TV, descrambler, VCR, etc. into it ;(
> You will want this setup to NOT connect into your existing CATV lines, as
> something will probably get FRIED!  I've tried this setup in a previous
> apartment to connect (2) adjoining rooms.  In my example, I used an
> existing
> cable TV connection in a wall separating (2) adjoining rooms, I swapped out
> the (2) existing single-port CATV plates (in each adjoining room), with
> duel
> port CATV plates.  I connected the top (2) CATV ports with small segment of
> straight-through CATV cable (PC network).  The bottom (2) CATV ports were
> joined to a 3-way CATV splitter, where the 3rd end connected to the
> standard
> cable TV service lines!  This way, I could watch TV in either room AND work
> on my machine(s) in either room... if you call Quake *WORK* ;)
>
> Hope this helps,
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