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From: stacy@sobeco.com (s.millions)
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Subject: Re: Thick or Thin Ethernet?
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Date: 18 Jan 91 16:29:45 GMT
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lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes:

>The network specialist here advised thick-net.  As I understood, his main
>concern was that the BNC connections occassionally go bad or get knocked out. 

>Is this really enough to merit the extra expense and hassle of thick-net?

I have seen more problems with transceiver cables than with bnc plugs.
Note that unless the device you are plugging into the net is equipped
for thin, you are still going to have the transceiver cable problems.

Most of the problems I have seen with BNC connectors have been people
not knowing how to disconnect something from the net without taking
disturbing the net. I like the "AMP Fast Tap" (I'm sure something in
there is a trade mark of someone) connectors for that. Short of
ripping the entire connector out of the wall, it is fairly safe
from naive users.

-stacy

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"Sorry I had to plug you mister duck, but I'm a sportsman."    stacy@sobeco.com
    - Almyer Fudd                                            uunet!sobeco!stacy