On 2016-06-05 05:04, James Knott wrote:
On 06/04/2016 10:49 PM, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
Many people run over 100 Mb Internet connections these days, not to mentioned gigabit on the local LAN. Also, I just remembered another use for my hub. It is, in fact, a 9 port hub, with the 9th port a BNC connector on the rear panel. This means I could use that hub to connect a 10base2 coax network to a switch. Problem is, 10base2 became obsolete when 10baseT hubs appeared and are really scarce now.
I installed my first network somewhere around 1994, using coax cable, at the place I was working. Actually, the administration side of the building had RJ plugs and a hub with a coax socket in the back like yours. I had no idea how to use hubs and had no crimper, so I built the network for the two or three lab computers using coax cable. Which turned to be a bonus, because we had huge electrical noise during machine testing down there, and the coax network worked just fine. Without internet, mind. Windows 3.11 and 95 I think. Huge noise: 75 KW electric motor with full switched regulation. During motor and brake testing. The lights in the building trembled (the intensity of the light trembled). I tested transferring files just then and worked. Now I could have used shielded twisted pair, but at the time I barely knew of its existence. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)