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From: stev@VAX.FTP.COM (Stev Knowles)
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Subject: How do you string a thinnet?
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Date: 24 Oct 89 15:13:39 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?
yes.
*2) Can you hang multiple hosts off in all directions from a `T'?
no. a T connector is intended to connect one "device" to the 
network. this device can be a tranciever fan out box, though
(i am refering to qa DELNI type device here.)
*3) Does the cabling have to be a multiple of some magic length?
idealy. it is sold in pre made magic lengths. we wired some thin net
into the walls here, and did not worry abotu magic lenghts.
*4) How can you test your network to see if you screwed something up?
as you construct each run, test the cable with an ohm meter. you can
also place a machine at one end, and ping it from each drop as you add them.
*
*5) Or, if you've only got 6 hosts & a couple of hundred feet of RG-58,
*does it really not matter to much?
it does not matter that much, but remember, few LANS stay that trival.
it is worth investing in doing it correctly now so you dont have to
fix it later, when it may not be as convienent.
*
*Now the $64k question: Is there a good reference for this kind of
*info.
not that i have found, although most vendors of fan out boxes and
bridges take a shot at it. most of the information conflicts though .
. .
*
*Kent Hauser			UUCP: {uunet!cucstud, sun!sundc}!tfd!kent
*Twenty-First Designs		INET: sundc!tfd!kent@sun.com

stev knowles
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