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From: olds@3comvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Cheapernet query
Message-ID: <671@3comvax.3Com.COM>
Date: Tue, 12-May-87 16:59:12 EDT
Article-I.D.: 3comvax.671
Posted: Tue May 12 16:59:12 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 15-May-87 06:43:44 EDT
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Reply-To: olds@3comvax.UUCP (Chris Olds)
Distribution: world
Organization: 3Com Corp., Santa Clara, CA
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Keywords: connectors BNC N-series


What's wrong with using a BNC->N series adapter? It just screws onto the
thick cable, and has a BNC connector on the other side. We use these here
when we have to use thick cable or N-Series tranceivers, and have had no
problems. The only restriction is that the inequality (3.28 * T) + E < 500
must hold (T=thick cable length in meters, E=thin cable length in meters).
I have no real idea what these cost, but I would think 20-50 USD would be
more than generous.

An all 3Com net can be twice as large (a statement of fact, no flames).

	/cco

	Chris Olds	olds@3Com.COM	(internet & domainified UUCP)
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