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From: eshop@saturn.ucsc.edu (Jim Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: removing ethernet taps
Keywords: ethernet hardware
Message-ID: <4413@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Date: 5 Aug 88 18:00:08 GMT
References: <437@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Reply-To: eshop@saturn.ucsc.edu (Jim Warner)
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
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In article <437@mitisft.Convergent.COM> andrew@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Andrew Knutsen) writes:
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>	We're re-doing our building ethernets, and the issue has come up
>of what the best thing is to do to a yellow cable after a tapped transceiver
>is removed.  The choices seem to be:...

I insist that all transceivers installed on building cables *MUST* use
the Amp tap connector.  If a transceiver is removed, we leave the
vampire tap unit on the cable, covering the pins with the plastic
cover that comes with each tap and wrapping with a piece of electrical
tape.  Replacement vampire tap blocks cost us $20 ea.

The Amp tap system seems to be used by just about everyone except TCL.
Vendors that use it include Cabletron, 3com, Dec, Interlan and BICC.

Note that if you "terminate" after you remove a transciever you will
break your network for sure.

jim warner