Re: Localtalk gateway/bridge

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

"Mark Cummings" <figjams@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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> On the PC I have used a couple of versions of Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+
ISA
> cards that I have used successfully. Most have AUI, TPE and BNC all on the
> same card. I just use the BNC because I don't want a hub, and I prefer to
> run a coax from one PC to the next, rather than running all cables to a
> central hub. This reduces the amount of cable a bit if the computers are
> spread everywhere. Same as the AppleTalk method, daisy chain from one
> computer to the next.
> On my Mac Q605 I have the standard ethernet card fitted, whatever that is.
> The one that comes with it. It has an AAUI port and then I have a 10Base2
> transceiver connected to that.
> I have started a drawing of my network (and non-networked computers), so I
> can put it up on the web, but drawing all those darn computers is taking
> time.
>
> Most people I know prefer to use the UTP cable with RJ45's connected to a
> central hub. I don't know what advantage there is, but I can't think of
any.
>
> Mark

Well, for one, 10baseT requires no termination. It is also ad-hoc in that
you only install a cable from the PC to the hub without worrying about
breaking the ethernet chain. A PC can be taken off the network without
having to reroute the network cable. A 10baseT network can support
faster hubs such as 100baseT or 1000baseT assuming you have the
proper cards installed on the network.  All you would need to swap is
the central hub.  10baseT is called a star configuration because of
the fact that all cables go to a hub or switch..  I think they went to
10baseT so that the installers didn't have to worry about routing
ethernet coax cable throught the job site. If you wanted to add
a workstation, it requires you to break the network and add a cable
from the first station to the new station and then from the new
station to the second station thus restoring the ethernet.  A star
configuration just requires the installer to put a cable from the
workstation to the hub without interrupting the network.
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