ThinNet Hub

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_bg-tc-ppp382.monmouth.com>
Date: Thu Jul 26 19:41:49 2001

> On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 10:03:02PM +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
> > It's better to think of the 'hub' as being distributed in the 10base2
> > transceivers (the modules that connect between the AUI port and the
>
> Well I have seen hubs to which coax is connected. Some were probably
> arcnet, but weren't coax hubs ever used for thinnet? Maybe to boost
> the signal and get past the length limitation, or maybe to isolate
> "problem" branches so they don't interfere with other branches?
>
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>

There were thinnet repeaters which provided segment isolation and regenerated
the signal onto other segments...

The DEC Delni comes to mind.

Bill
Received on Thu Jul 26 2001 - 19:41:49 BST

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