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From: jhburns@kobc0002.delcoelect.com (Jeffrey H. Burns)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Ethernet
Date: 30 May 1997 17:24:52 GMT
Organization: Delco Electronics Corp.
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In article <5ll3sm$9t@uriah.heep.sax.de> j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:

> From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.netbsd.misc
> Date: 17 May 1997 20:19:34 GMT
> Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
> X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669
> 
> Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > 10BaseT		10 Mbps Ethernet over twisted-pair; requires a hub
>                                               not always, for just two
>                                               machines, you can get away
>                                               with a crossover cable
How is a crossover cable made?

> 
> > 10Base2		 "  "      "      "   thin-wire coax; no hub
> > 10Base5		 "  "      "      "   thick-wire coax; no hub
>                                               ...but fairly expensive
>                                               cable and transceivers,
>                                               basically no longer in
>                                               use these days.
> 
> -- 
> cheers, J"org
> 
> joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
> Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
> 
-- 
Jeffrey H Burns                Internet:jhburns@mail.delcoelect.com
Project Engineer               
Delco Electronics Corp.        Telephone: (317) 451-3279
Kokomo, IN 46904-9005          FAX: (317) 451-3600