Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!ukecc!agollum
From: agollum@engr.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Simple thin ethernet question
Message-ID: <2946@ukecc.engr.uky.edu>
Date: 25 Jul 89 01:54:32 GMT
Reply-To: agollum@ukecc.UUCP (Kenneth Herron)
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Hello,

our company is moving into new offices, and we're having the thin
ethernet prewired along with the phone lines.  Now, the guy doing the
wiring has never done an ethernet setup before, though he is a wiz
with telephones and does know something about coax in general.  We
purchased all the network stuff through a firm in California (it's a
long story) so there is really no local dealer we can turn to for
help. 

My question is quite simple:  all the docs we have on installing the
cables show both halves of the cable running right up to the back of the
computer, and the T connector attaching directly to the network card
in the PC.  Does it HAVE to be this way?  Can we keep the main cable 
and the T in the wall and run a short piece of cable to the network card?
How long can this stub piece be?  Assuming we can't do this,
any suggestions for doing this wiring aesthetically?

Many thanks in advance,
Kenneth Herron