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From: kwe@bu-cs.BU.EDU (kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent W. England))
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Simple thin ethernet question
Summary: 10BaseT will work
Message-ID: <35393@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 27 Jul 89 19:54:27 GMT
References: <2946@ukecc.engr.uky.edu> <383@belltec.UUCP>
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In article <383@belltec.UUCP> lance@belltec.UUCP (Lance Norskog) writes:
>
>Ethernet through the wall tomorrow should probably be done with the
>Ethernet-over-Twisty-Pair standard that is working it's way out of the womb.
>(Ignore all recommendations about Twisty Ethernet until it's a standard,
>and standard equipment has been shipping for at least 6 months so that the
>industry can discover the gotchas by living with them.)
>	
	We've been using the Cabletron UTP gear for about that long.
It is so close to what 10BaseT will be (whatever it turns out to be)
that there is no question that it now works like 10BaseT will, except
that conformance must be more exact to guarantee interoperability.

	You may wish to wait for 10BaseT compliant hardware, but rest
assured that it will work when you buy it, at least if you buy
Cabletron.  (I have no relation to Cabletron and I have no direct
experience with the other vendor products which will also work well
over UTP, 10BaseT or not.)

	--Kent England, Boston University