From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chuck gelm Subject: Re: Ethernet Hub UTP + BNC?? Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:02:14 -0400 Message-ID: <426814D6.5090708@gelm.net> References: <20050421174425.GA898@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> Reply-To: chuck@gelm.net 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: haltec@kvinet.com Cc: 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, Hi, Hal: I believe the definative answer = yes. I had a home LAN with a few thinnet clients and a few 10base2 clients on a hub with (8) 10base2 and one BNC connector. Regards, Chuck - 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