6 May
2007
6 May
'07
12:18 a.m.
Get a cheap hub that has both 10/100baseT and BNC. Mine is a Dynamode
DM-809STP. I use it to convert the BNC output from my VAX to 100BaseT on
my network.
Regards Rod
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From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of stuart birchall
Sent: 05 May 2007 13:43
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: 10base-2 to 10base-t media convertor?
Hi, can anyone in the UK help out - i'm after a bnc to utp connector to
attach my amiga to our utp ethernet network.
thanks,
stu
6 May
6 May
12:31 p.m.
At 5:18 AM +0100 5/6/07, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Get a cheap hub that has both 10/100baseT and BNC. Mine
is a Dynamode
DM-809STP. I use it to convert the BNC output from my VAX to 100BaseT on
my network.
How common are 10/100BaseT Hubs with a BNC connection? I know I've
never seen one. Any hub I've seen with a BNC connection has been
limited to 10Mbit.
The original posters problem just happens to be half the reason I
even care about 10Base2, my Amiga 3000's NIC only has a BNC
connection, I also have this problem with my DECserver 90L+. Though
I'm not using either at the moment.
Zane
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2:44 p.m.
On Sun, 2007-06-05 at 09:31 -0700, Zane H. Healy wrote:
At 5:18 AM +0100 5/6/07, Rod Smallwood wrote:
How common are 10/100BaseT Hubs with a BNC connection?
I know I've
never seen one. Any hub I've seen with a BNC connection has been
limited to 10Mbit.
I think they are pretty uncommon, but it doesn't much matter. Get a
10BaseT hub with a BNC port and connect it to your 100BaseTX switch.
That way, your 100 Mbps devices get full speed; all the traffic to the
thinnet devices gets routed via your hub.
I don't know if this is an option with the particular network card in
question, but my solution to this problem has been to get AUI to 10BaseT
converters. Most network cards of this vintage have AUI ports. That
saves me the bother of making a thinnet segment. I got some new
converters a year or so ago for just a few dollars each off the auction
site.
Jim
4:17 p.m.
Zane H. Healy said:
At 5:18 AM +0100 5/6/07, Rod Smallwood wrote:
I'd also point this out. Cheapernet wasn't specified for 100MBit, so a hub
that transfers 100Mbit won't do this on the BNC connector - or it would
have to be a switch that could translate the rates. But at the time
100MBit switches became cheap enough, there was already an infrastructure
for twisted pair, and noone normally needed BNC connections anymore.
--
Holger
Get a cheap hub that has both 10/100baseT and BNC.
Mine is a Dynamode
DM-809STP. I use it to convert the BNC output from my VAX to 100BaseT on
my network.
How common are 10/100BaseT Hubs with a BNC connection? I know I've
never seen one. Any hub I've seen with a BNC connection has been
limited to 10Mbit.
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