Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!bionet!synoptics!unix!hplabs!hpda!hpcupt1!hprnd!brianr From: brianr@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Brian Ripley) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Cost-effective method of connecting PC's to existing TCP/IP LAN Message-ID: <2230116@hprnd.rose.hp.com> Date: 21 Oct 90 04:35:58 GMT References: <1990Oct16.212015.11791@seachg.uucp> Organization: HP Roseville Networks Division Lines: 5 HP's 10-Base-T offering, EtherTwist, includes a 12 port hub that has a builtin thin net port in addition to an AUI port. This will save you the cost of a MAU. If the PC's you are connecting already have LAN cards with an AUI port you should consider using 10-Base-T MAUs to connect them to the twisted-pair.