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In article 2@cs.cmu.edu, rwb@alexander.VI.RI.CMU.EDU (Robert Berger) writes:
> We sent one of our stations to a site that uses 10baseT networking. I have
> only used thinnet, and they tell me the station did not recognize their
> 10baseT net.
> 
> Is there some magic incantation I have to do to switch the machine
> from thinnet to 10baseT? Or was it supposed to automatically detect
> the 10BaseT?
> 
> If I use 10BaseT am I supposed to terminate the thinnet BNC connector?

You needn't terminate the BNC connector in any way.

The NeXT will switch between 10BaseT and thinnet automatically.
One of the problems you might be having is if the site has old
10BaseT, such as an AT&T Starlan 10, that came out before 10BaseT
was standardized.

The NeXT requires Link Integrity to be on, so you'll have to check
the AT&T hub. Newer ones have DIP switches on the front that toggle
LI; turn it on for the NeXT's port. If all you've got there is old
hubs, you'll need a new one.

It's the NeXT that has standard 10BaseT; the hub is "wrong."

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# Daniel M. Rosenberg        Dan.Rosenberg@Corp.Sun.COM   +1 415 688 9580
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