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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Thin Ethernet drop cables
Message-ID: <207@nih-csl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Apr-87 09:57:37 EST
Article-I.D.: nih-csl.207
Posted: Wed Apr 22 09:57:37 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Apr-87 03:53:46 EST
Organization: NIH-CSL, Bethesda, MD
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Keywords: Ethernet thin-net cheapnet cheapernet




     
     The original thin Ethernet specification calls for a host to
be connected directly to the segment trunk; i.e., no drop cable
allowed between the segment and host.  Could anyone comment on the
use of a tee-connector on the thin segment with a length of RG-58
coax connected to the host?  This makes a much neater, more desirable
connection for office space LAN design, but does it significantly
degrade network performance? Is this practice taboo?  Will I grow 
warts if I try it?

                              Bob Dew
                              Division of Computer Research and Technology
                              National Institutes of Health
                              Bethesda, Maryland  20894
                              (301) 496-5361