From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ray Olszewski Subject: Re: Ethernet Hub UTP + BNC?? Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:02:53 -0700 Message-ID: <4267EACD.8020403@comarre.com> References: <20050421174425.GA898@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050421174425.GA898@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Hal MacArgle wrote: > Greetings: We run a hobby ethernet LAN in our home with four machines > connected via 10Base2, BNC coax, cabling.. It works fine but we're > looking ahead when UTP will be "standard" as we see no new MBs > without the RJ45, cat 3-5 cable, sockets.. We're not interested in > any but the 10mbs speed.. > > The query is: During the transition, especially since one of the > machines is 25 feet from the other 3 and the coax cable already built > in the walls -- we wonder if we could connect using both UTP and BNC? > > We note that hubs are available; typically 8 UTP and 1 BNC but it > sounds like the BNC is only for linking extra hubs.... > > I can't seem to find a definative answer as to whether we could use > the same hub for; typically -- 3 UTP cables and 1 coax cable... > > TIA and cheers, Well, Hal ... it's been a long time, but I used to do just what you're describing ... we had a 10Base2 (what you're calling BNC; also called thinnet) "backbone that connected several hubs and a couple of servers, combined with a lot of 10BaseT (what you're calling UTP) clients. No problems, as long as we were careful about terminating the 10Base2 ends properly (that is, even if it's only 2 nodes, don't skip the T-connectors and terminating resistors). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs