Thicknet/10base5 Test Segment: The Cable is In!

Tue Jun 26 17:37:34 CDT 2018

On 06/26/2018 03:15 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:

> I can only guess that having a terminator too close interferes with or
> weakens the signal too much in some way.

Exactly what would the effect be?  I recall putting terminators on
10base2 coax just hanging off one leg of a BNC tee.  Really, no distance
at all.  Didn't seem to affect speed or distance.

--CHuck