Hello George!
On Sun 11 Jan 1998 at 10:32 you wrote the following to William Hargrave:
GF> wasn't aware that BNC wasn't an option on the built-in NIC. Poor
GF> research on her part but what can you do once the equipment is in hand
GF> and you have a deadline to meet for the install? I had to go with it
GF> and run. No opportunity to send it back for the right configuration
GF> (which I don't believe there was anyway for this particular model
GF> server). Our company ate the cost of the transceiver.
GF> Ironically, this particular client just moved their company to a new
GF> location and rewired for 10BaseT. The transceiver has been reclaimed
GF> by us and added to our inventory in case we ever need a quick fix
GF> again (hopefully sales won't make that mistake again). :)
Oh, if it's only one machine, there's no problem :)
The price of a transciever can be more than a low cost 5 port 10BaseT hub
with 10Base2 port, though!
In any case, the ones I've seen are more than the cost of a new combo card.
Damned market economy :)
Will
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