On Nov 20, 15:05, Shawn T. Rutledge wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 01:44:17PM -0800, healyzh_at_aracnet.com wrote:
> > Do I have a point? I guess my point is I'm trying to get off 10Base2,
why
> > would I want 10Base5 :^) I'd much rather have another 10/100 Switch
than
> > any 10Base5 stuff!
>
> Last I checked, 10base2 still has a distance advantage, perhaps enough
> to matter for really large buildings.
Yes, 185 metres instead of 100m -- and 10base5 will go to 500m. But you
can do better and faster with fibre.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Received on Mon Nov 20 2000 - 18:28:35 GMT