10base2

[tazwegion]

I've been soooo lazy lately... running PC's (modems) in a daisy chain, thought I might put some old NIC's I had to good use, not having a hub/switch lying around I thought a peer-to-peer network would be the way to go...

 

But I didn't have a cross-over Rj45 handy

 

I had a couple of BNC's and some 50 Ohm coaxial though, so off I went with that... some 'networking tutorials' later and the systems could only see themselves on the network, which brings me to my question...

 

Does 10Base2 require the BNC T connectors/terminators to operate? (I was attempting to use direct BNC/cable/BNC NIC-to-NIC) <_<

 

Any advice would be most welcome

[DeMoN]

yes 10base 2 does need terminators, as to where to find them i have no idea.

[bigred]

greybar, industrial cable, remcor, bursma, sometimes radioshack... at least those are the local guys I get em from when I can't talk a customer out of using 10base2.

[tazwegion]

Thanks for the reply guys... thankfully the BNC T's & 50Ohm terminators are quite plentyful here @ $8.00 for the pair (could have bought a crossover RJ45 for that... )

 

Thank heaven's for Dick Smith Electronics

 

EDIT: Apparently each end of the cable requires a 50 Ohm load to maintain 'crash detection' & 50 Ohm line resistence

 

So it's all up and running (my Retro 'bus' LAN )... including ICS (no more waiting for 'PC time')

 

Thanks Red & Demon!

 

I though I'd include my reference links (for future prosperity)...

 

http://www.r1ch.net/misc/netguide/

 

10Base2 ethernet media system

 

D.I.Y. peer-to-peer network

 

The Ultimate networking guide pt 1.

 

The Ultimate networking guide pt 2.

 

The Ultimate networking guide pt 3.