21 Mar
2000
21 Mar
'00
6:41 p.m.
On Mar 21, 23:05, Allison J Parent wrote:
<I don't really see how the fanout units on offer (or my unsuccessful
<back-to-back device) could do that -- the termination isn't in the
<transceiver or fanout unit, it's a resistor on the end of the cable.
< Anyway, it would still only be one termination domain. Or maybe I've
<misunderstood what you mean? If you mean my back-to-back transceiver
idea
<yes, if it had worked, you could use it to split a
termination domain
into
<two, just like a two-port repeater, or a very
simple bridge (except a
<bridge usually separates collision domains too).
Anyone ever heard of a DELNI? Ok, it was an 8 port AUI to AUI with a 9th
for AUI to h4000 fat eithernet cable. Popular use was for cobbing 4-7
system together locally if you didn't have the BIG backbone. Logial
equivilent of a 8 port hub used for 10bt.
Yes, never knowingly used one, but I've seen them. 3Com made an 8-port(?
or 6?) AUI repeater -- one of my friends used one as his hub for a while, I
believe.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York