On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Tony Duell wrote:
> 10BaseT needs a hub. This is one more thing to find space for, one more
> thing to have to power, and one more thing that you have to maintain.
> Getting spare chips for most hubs is a lot harder than getting spare chips
> for 10base2 transceivers.
All non-issues. Small, uses relatively little power, and have you ever
really seen a hub die? I haven't, and I expect the one I'm using now to
last forever.
> Adding a machine to a 10BaseT network means running a cable back to the
> hub. Adding a machine to a 10Base2 network can mean just patching it to
> the cables on the nearest machine. Yes, the latter does bring the network
> down, but with my setup, that's less of a problem than running another
> cable.
And making sure you've used the right cable, and making sure you've
crimped the connector probably, and making sure you've observed the
correct distance between nodes :) Sure this gets easy after you've done
it a few times. Also, didn't we argue over this before, and you were
saying how you'd rather solder your connectors rather than crimp RJ-45
connectors? You never did explain how that was easier th :)
> The BNC connector is a lot faster to wire than that darn RJ45,
> particularly when you have fiddle about with the wires to get them to the
> right contacts. And the solid, metal, BNC connector would seem to be more
> reliable than the RJ45 as well.
Oh yes, here we are. Trust me, after having done both many, many, many
times, I prefer the ease of the RJ-45 over the BNC connector any day.
I've ruined far more BNC connectors than I have RJ-45s.
But anyway, it works better for me since I have CAT5 running throughout
the house so I can always have a net connected computer nearby. If all
your machines are in one place, or you have a small server cluster, coax
is a bit more convenient for sure. But I've found that the cables can
become unreliable over time (the BNC connectors get loose if moved around
a lot).
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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