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Article #112Re: Advice on mixing BNC and UTP on same network
From: Harry Broomhall
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 00:00
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On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 19:20:25 +0100, "Roger Jones"
<roga@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>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.
3Com do a very nice one at a reasonable price - just under 100UKP
IIRC. I have one and it works well. Nice set of diagnostic LEDs as
well.
Just plug it up, with the usual care for terminators on the BNC
part.
Regards,
Harry.
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