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From: kent@tfd.UUCP (Kent Hauser)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: How do you string a thinnet?
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Date: 23 Oct 89 20:08:55 GMT
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Beginners question:  How do you physically hook up a thinnet?
Specifically, how do you handle multiple BNC `T' connections.

1) Is it a bad idea to use a, say, 5-foot drop cable from the `T' to
the host?

2) Can you hang multiple hosts off in all directions from a `T'?

3) Does the cabling have to be a multiple of some magic length?

4) How can you test your network to see if you screwed something up?

5) Or, if you've only got 6 hosts & a couple of hundred feet of RG-58,
does it really not matter to much?

Now the $64k question: Is there a good reference for this kind of
info.

Thanks much in advance.

	Kent
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