Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: ethernet transceiver needed? Message-ID: Date: 2 Oct 90 18:42:47 GMT References: <482@lawday.Dayton.NCR.COM> <1990Oct2.053859.15305@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Distribution: na Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 26 steve@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Steve Mitchell) writes: >jra@lawday.Dayton.NCR.COM (John.Ackermann@Dayton.NCR.COM) writes: >>I'm trying to put together a very simple ethernet between a unix >>system and one (later two) pc. The ethernet card for the pc has a >>BNC coax connector, while the card for the unix box (NCR Tower) has a >>15 pin db connector. >>What's the simplest/cheapest way to get these two cards to interconnect? The >>distances involved are short... maybe 50 feet maximum. >The easiest and least expensive way to connect these systems is to go >out and get one of the new miniature ethernet transceivers, plug it >into the db-15 drop-cable connector, then run coax to the PC. The new >tranceivers are about the size of a DB connector shell, and run about >$200. The tranceiver runs off the db-15, so it's a tidy installation. I just got an InterLAN U3-NT-1000 for $122 from Random Access. It's a little bigger than a pack of cigarettes. Haven't tried it yet though. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future