Hello All!
I've got three Arcnet cards (SMC) lying around here, that I'm itching to play 
with - just for fun :-)
What kind of cabling do they need? The physical connection on the cards 
themselves are BNC plugs (exactly the same as 10Base-2), but I have heard 
that they need 100 ohm cable or something similar??
Would standard RG/58U cable work, or is this not a good idea?
I also remember somebody in here (I think it was Mike???) saying that "Arcnet 
will run over anything, even barbed wire!". I realise this was only a jokey 
example and not meant to be gospel truth, but does this mean I can use 
"sub-standard" cable when wiring up my 'development' network segment?
What are the worst consequences of using the wrong kind of cable with these 
network cards? Presumably they will simply not work, and I can't actually do 
them much permanent damage...?
Oh, and if anybody's interested ;-) I am planning on putting one in my Linux 
box, and routing TCP/IP and IPX over them. I've got an IPX driver that came 
on a disk with one of the cards, and I assume there are packet drivers 
available for Arcnet.
Thanks,
Jonathan 
... A big enough hammer can usually fix anything.
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