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From: milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.misc
Subject: Installing Thinwire Ethernet
Message-ID: <1381@ndmath.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 89 15:43:03 GMT
Organization: Math. Dept., Univ. of Notre Dame
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I was thinking about a problem someone MUST have solved by now....if you
have a solution to this, let me know.

If you want to install thinwire Ethernet to a series of single-person offices
it seems to present a problem.  As I recall, you can't have a drop-cable
going from the T connector to the thinwire interface card.  This seems to
prevent you from having a simple wall jack that you can plug into to get
ethernet service (unless you imbed transcevers in the wall...which is an
extra cost considering a lot of computers already have them built-in)

So, how can you wire 10-20 offices so they can all easily tap into the 
thinwire?  The installation has to be neet...no big loops of cable hanging
down from the ceeling...etc.  All the offices would have to be on the same
segment of thinwire...sending a seperate thinwire cable to each one isn't
practical because there are TO MANY offices.

I suppose you could put in a wallplate with two BNC connectors and install
a short jumper when the outlet isn't in use.  When you connected a computer
you would run cable from one connector, to the T on the back of the computer
and back to the other connector on the wall plate.  I'm sure there must be
a better way than this though.  Anybody got any good ideas?

Greg Corson
19141 Summers Drive
South Bend, IN 46637
(219) 277-5306 
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