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From: perl@step.UUCP (Robert Perlberg)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Query: Why should/shouldn't we run cable from a T-connector?
Keywords: Ethernet, Thin Ethernet, T-connectors, branching
Message-ID: <1692@number1.step.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jun 90 20:13:28 GMT
Organization: Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., New York
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I once read in this newsgroup that one should not run thin Ethernet
cable between the workstation and the T-connector.  I don't remember
what the reasoning was or what ill effects would come of it.  We just
had some thin Ethernet cabling done and the electricians are trying to
convince us to allow them to run a line from the T-connector (under the
desk) to the workstation (on the desk).  They say that they have done
it at other sites and it works.  I remember reading that the
T-connector must always be directly attached to the workstation.  We
already have a test setup where one workstation in the middle of the
network is set up this way and all seems to be working.

Can someone please shed some light on this for us?  What are the risks
of letting the electricians do what they propose?  Are we setting
ourselves up for problems down the road?

Robert Perlberg
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., New York
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