ArcNet and the Pursuit of Multiple Topologies

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Tue Oct 9 15:49:23 2001

> In light of such, I have a series of questions:
>
> 1) Who knows some stuff about ArcNet? I've gotten 4 cards (8-bit ISA) and
a
> 16-port active hub. I've read somewhere that cards are either hubbable or
> not. Any other info on that?

I've never used an active hub before... and was thus limited to 4 nodes
using my home-made passive hub.

> 2) Anyone have any (I think it is) 93ohm coax arcnet patch cables that they

> want to get rid of?

I think you'll have trouble if you use anything other than 63 ohm coax...

...

Formerly, the support for ARCNET in Linux was pretty week. However, there was
an ARCNET/LINUX mailing list for a long time, and the members were keeping the
driver sources up-to-date. The name of the list owner (or the guy cranking out
the code) was, first name, Avery, last name, Pennimum or something unusal.

hth,
-doug quebbeman
 
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