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In article <1993Jan25.095134.25886@ica.philips.nl> geertj@ica.philips.nl (Geert Jan de Groot) writes:
>Frank@mindlink.bc.ca (Frank I. Reiter) writes:
>
>>In a recent column in OST James Gaskin suggests that system administrators
>>should be converting ethernets from coax to 10BaseT and *not* investing
>>anything more in coax.  I put two questions to the readers of this group:
>>1) Do you concur with Mr. Gaskin that coax is dead or dying?
>
>No, most certainly not. 10baseT is point-to-point. Which means that you
>have to have a separate connection between the HUB and every apparatus
>in your office. In my case, this would mean that I'd fill more than one
>hub, just for my own equipment!

	You aren't limited to single-star topolgies.  Buy small
(10-12 port) hubs and chain them together with AUI cables.  If you're
starting from scratch, 10BaseT is the way to go, IMHO.

--Dave
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