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From: zben@umcp-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.lan
Subject: Re: Ethernet cable length query
Message-ID: <6131@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 25-Mar-84 22:20:45 EST
Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.6131
Posted: Sun Mar 25 22:20:45 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 27-Mar-84 00:27:55 EST
Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept.
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^  But when the cable gets opened somewhere, how can you talk to either
^  half of the network?  Doesn't ethernet cable have to be properly
^  terminated to prevent all signals from bouncing back from the open
^  point?

Um, er, well, depending on the material and length of cable and the exact
topology of the net, it might or might not work with the cable unterminated.
I would still try it, to get the network up, and if it didn't work go on to
find and repair the cable.  If I can get it up at noon, I can go fix it that
night when it won't cost my company productivity...

Still, I stand chastened.  I interpreted the original article as a gratuitous
attack on some working stiff who, after all, took his time to write what 
looked like a fairly informative article to spare some newcomer-to-networks
some stress.  Such are fair game for my flame...

Ben Cranston       ...seismo!umcp-cs!zben         zben@umd2.ARPA