AUI crossover?

It's not entirely fair to contrast AUI and 10base2 this way, as if they were comparable things. AUI is the interface between the host and the transceiver; 10base2 is one of various possibilities for the medium on the other side of the transceiver. Contrasting AUI with 10base2 is a bit like contrasting RS-232C with POTS phone service (just as the one applies to different sides of a transceiver, the other applies to different sides of a modem). Some will. Many don't care. I think I have even seen a few that object if they *do* get that signal. I have some transceivers which have switchable SQE and have done a little experimenting.... Perhaps there's no co-ax at ready hand? If the transceivers use 10base5 this seems reasonably likely. In my experience, the term is used colloquially to refer to an AUI multiport transceiver box, especially one that is capable of running without a real transceiver attached. (A multiport transceiver is a device that has multiple - typically 8 - AUI connections suitable for connecting to hosts and one AUI connection suitable for connecting to a real transceiver. As far as the hosts are concerned it looks like multiple transceivers on the same medium. Some of them demand having a real transceiver on the transceiver port; some have a switch that lets them run without, and some of the newest auto-sense.) /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse at rodents.montreal.qc.ca / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B