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From: lcz@dptspd.sat.datapoint.com (Lee Ziegenhals)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Connecting two computers by Arcnet -- is a hub needed?
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Date: 17 Sep 90 15:01:55 GMT
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benderly@cs.columbia.edu (Dan Benderly) writes:

>I have two computers to connect via Arcnet (long historical story as to how I
>got them).  Basically, my question is whether a hub is needed. or whether I can simply connect the two Arcnet cards together with a coax cable of the right
>type.  These Arcnet cads are the basic, Novell-type cards -- not high 
>impedance, etc.

Dan, no hub is needed for this.  Since the physical configuration of an
Arcnet is basically a star instead of a bus, each node is terminated in
the proper (93 ohm) impedance.  You can just string a piece of coax between
the two computers.

Lee Ziegenhals
lcz@sat.datapoint.com