Re: Advice on mixing BNC and UTP on same network

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From: Bernard Peek
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 00:00

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In article <899144442.21315.0.nnrp-06.9e981872@news.demon.co.uk>, Roger
Jones <roga@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>Hi
>
>I have a network consisting of 7 workstations and a server on thin
>Ethernet/BNC.
>
>I am considering getting some new machines and want to move to UTP cat5
>RJ45 in future.
>
>Will I be able to get a Hub with (say) 8 RJ45's and one BNC connector
>and simply plug and go, or do I need a bridge or switch to do this.

No, a cheap hub will do this. A lot of them have a BNC connector, or you
can use an AUI port with a transceiver (I'm told, I've never done it).
You will, of course, be limited to 10MHz. It's still worth using CAT 5
cabling throughout, so that you can take the network to 100MHz without
recabling.

Look for hubs, or more likely switches, with a 100MHz uplink. It will
help you introduce 100MHz piecemeal later.



-- 
Bernard Peek
bap@intersec.demon.co.uk

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From: Bernard Peek <bap@intersec.demon.co.uk>
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