On 9 Jan 98 09:07pm, William Hargrave wrote to George Fliger:
 WH> Hello George!
 WH> On Mon 05 Jan 1998 at 07:36 you wrote the following to John
 WH> Aldrich:
 GF> In case you're interested, there is a product by a company named MILAN
 GF> that makes an AUI->BNC converter.  It is marketed by them as a "MICRO
 GF> MAU, Model ML-05T, Ethernet 802.3 10Base2 Transceiver."  It is very
 GF> small (approx. 2"x1.25"x.5") and utilizes a slide-lock to fasten it to
 GF> the AUI connector on the back of the NIC.  I don't remember the price
 GF> but I've used several of these for customers with Compaq Deskpro
 GF> systems that had built-in NICs that had both RJ-45 and AUI connectors
 GF> but no BNC connector.  They are powered by the NIC itself so don't
 GF> require any outside power source.
 WH> At a price, of course.
 WH> For a few machines, though, it would be cheaper to install UTP
 WH> probably!
While that's true, the client had pre-installed 10Base2 cabling and the
sales person from our company that ordered the Compaq server wasn't
aware that BNC wasn't an option on the built-in NIC.  Poor research on
her part but what can you do once the equipment is in hand and you have
a deadline to meet for the install?  I had to go with it and run.  No
opportunity to send it back for the right configuration (which I don't
believe there was anyway for this particular model server).  Our
company ate the cost of the transceiver.
Ironically, this particular client just moved their company to a new
location and rewired for 10BaseT.  The transceiver has been reclaimed by
us and added to our inventory in case we ever need a quick fix again
(hopefully sales won't make that mistake again). :)
George
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