Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Dec 1998 13:41:37 +0100 (CET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Cheap network for two hosts ? |
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On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Horst von Brand wrote: > "Anthony Barbachan" <barbacha@Hinako.AMBusiness.com> said: > > H. Peter Anvin <hpa@transmeta.com> said: > > >For two hosts, you can use 10Base-T or 100Base-TX cards without a hub > > >using a crossover cable, as well. It's a lot less messy than coax, > > >and support for coax is going the way of the dodo. Of course, coax > > >won't do 100 Mbit/s at all. > > > Problem with the crossover cable is that it only works for two machines. > > While coax may not be the latest and greatest it definately works > > perfectly well for many if not most people, providing you do not have a > > large number of machines on the network. > > But it's a mess. You have to be very careful with conectors, terminators, > Ts; and make sure nobody trips over the network. It's cheap, but a 8-way > hub isn't _that_ expensive... and you'll save that much on <insert favorite > headache pill here> in short time.
Right. No more coax! Unless a shortening of your life is meaningful to you...
The same is true for el-cheapo RJ-45 connectors. My hit rate for UTP shrinking using 0.95 EUR connectors is about 99%, compared to 75% (_after_ twiddling with tiny screwdrivers and cabletesters to avoid loosing too many connectors, else I'd say <5%) for the 0.20 EUR ones.
Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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