Thicknet (was Re: BBS's)

From: Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner <spc_at_conman.org>
Date: Mon Nov 20 23:51:47 2000

It was thus said that the Great Sellam Ismail once stated:
>
> 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.

  Not really. Try finding a spare power outlet in my Computer Room. Go
ahead. My last piece of equipment (Belkin OmniView Pro 8-Port) required a
complete reorganization of the computer room (okay, part of that was power,
the other half locating it such that the cables would run from the console
to it, and from there to each machine).

  And yes, I've seen a hub die. Any one want a dead hub?

  -spc (Running primarily 10Base2---not all the machines here have
        10BaseT connectors)
Received on Mon Nov 20 2000 - 23:51:47 GMT