29 Jul
2006
29 Jul
'06
1:48 p.m.
On 7/28/2006 at 11:09 PM ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk wrote:
Of course it won't work if it detects collisions all the time (if the
resistor is too high -- say just a terminator at one end of the cable,
then any transmission will look like a collision). But it can help to
know why it's not working.
-tony
Don't fall into the trap of 'Oh, it's
a short cable, reflections aren't
a problem, I can use anything'. The collision dections stuff will moan at
you :-)
If the network works at all. Mine won't work without terminators, period.