ArcNet and the Pursuit of Multiple Topologies - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

9 Oct 2001

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  In light of such, I have a series of questions:

 1)  Who knows some stuff about ArcNet?  I've gotten 4 cards (8-bit ISA) and a 
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  16-port active hub.  I've read somewhere that
cards are either hubbable or 
 not.  Any other info on that? 
I've never used an active hub before... and was thus limited to 4 nodes
using my home-made passive hub.

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  2)  Anyone have any (I think it is) 93ohm coax arcnet
patch cables that they 
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  want to get rid of? 
I think you'll have trouble if you use anything other than 63 ohm coax...

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Formerly, the support for ARCNET in Linux was pretty week. However, there was
an ARCNET/LINUX mailing list for a long time, and the members were keeping the
driver sources up-to-date. The name of the list owner (or the guy cranking out
the code) was, first name, Avery, last name, Pennimum or something unusal.

hth,
-doug quebbeman