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From: nieland_t@kahuna.asd-yf.wpafb.af.mil
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: 10BaseT wiring question #4936
Message-ID: <1991Apr27.170857.100@kahuna.asd-yf.wpafb.af.mil>
Date: 27 Apr 91 22:08:57 GMT
References: <35817@sequoia.UUCP> <1991Apr26.203628.3479@jhereg.osa.com>
Organization: USAF ASD/YF, WPAFB, Dayton, OH
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In article <1991Apr26.203628.3479@jhereg.osa.com>, andrew@jhereg.osa.com (Andrew C. Esh) writes:
> In article <35817@sequoia.UUCP> keith@sequoia.UUCP (Keith Pyle) writes:
>    [portion deleted]
> No problem. Leave the Thin segments set up the way they are, and add an AUI
> to ThinNet transceiver to the segment. We have a Cabletron ST-500, but a
> Allied Telesis CentreCom MX-10 works just as well. On the AUI side, put a
> ODS 264 Twisted Pair Tranceiver. It is powered by a small AC power supply,
> so you don't have to worry about where the power is going to come from. The
> other end of the 264 is Twisted Pair, which goes into your hub. All three
> machines on the Thin segment look like they are on the same port, from the
> hub's point of view. We run it, and it works just fine, except that if you
> screw around with the ThinNet, like take off one of the terminators or
> short it or something, the 264 locks up and has to be powered off-on to get
> it to talk to the ST-500 again. Have fun.
> 

Why not use a MILAN 10BaseT to 10Base2 box (called Alternet) instead.  It 
allows up to 10 10Base2 devices off the coax.

Ted Nieland				nieland_t@kahuna.asd-yf.wpafb.af.mil
Control Data Corporation		nieland@dayfac.cdc.com
(513) 427-6355				ted@nieland.dayton.oh.us