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From: kurto@cc.usu.edu (Kurt Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: network card problems
Message-ID: <1997Jun13.000024.99162@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 13 Jun 97 00:00:24 MDT
References: <5njjd2$42f@argon.btinternet.com> <5njqit$c02@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> <5nogg6$rg9@argon.btinternet.com>
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In article <5nogg6$rg9@argon.btinternet.com>, "Dirc Evans" <fredirc@intonet.co.uk> writes:
> As a test installation it is only connected to one other machine using BNC,
> each end of which is plugged directly into both machines. having had no
> experience of BNC, is this wrong?

Probably.  Most network hacks prefer to have external terminators and
always turn off any internal termination.  However, if you don't have
any terminators, you can check to see if your cards have internal
terminators.  If so turn them both on and then leave things as they are.

If you don't have on board terminators, you will need to go get some
T's and terminators and connect them up.

-- 
Kurt Olsen (kurto@cc.usu.edu)
<a href="http://sls.mcs.usu.edu/~kurto/">Me & my Atari Lynx</a> archive.