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From: peiffer@cs.umn.edu (Tim Peiffer (The Net Guy))
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: ethernet type I and II
Message-ID: <1990Aug26.165926.12849@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 26 Aug 90 16:59:26 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - CSCI Dept.
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>>I really want to know what the guts of a 'thin-net' terminator are.

	A theoretical or ideal thin-net transmission line has a 
	characteristic impedence of 50 ohms at all frequencies.  It also 
	has infinite length.  In order to make a real line look ideal, 
	it is terminated at the end with a resistor, preferably carbon
	film or carbon composition.

	Any other form such as wire wound types would have varying 
	impedance across the frequency spectrum.  

	Since the characteristic impedance of 'thick' ethernet is the same,
	the internals are roughly the same.

Tim Peiffer
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