tazwegion Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeMoN Posted April 17, 2004 Posted April 17, 2004 yes 10base 2 does need terminators, as to where to find them i have no idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted April 17, 2004 Posted April 17, 2004 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazwegion Posted April 17, 2004 Posted April 17, 2004 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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