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Ron Howard wrote in a message to Bruce Legrande:
 RH> And also the card has two types of sockets at the back, one looks
 RH> like for the coax (BNC) and there is another socket which is the
 RH> same as the sockets you find at the back of modems ( where you
 RH> connect the phone line ). Sorry I dont know the terminologies here.
Those second jacks are the RJ-45 'Twisted Pair'.  You are correct, they are 
VERY similar to "phone jacks" (which are normally RJ-11's).  The biggest 
difference being that they have 8 pins instead of the 4 that the usual telco 
phone jacks have.
If you wanted, you could use those connectors with the 'cross-pinned' twisted 
pair cable I mentioned previously, and you wouldn't have to mess with the 
terminators, but since that method requires less hardware (just the wire and 
the crimped on RJ-45 modular plugs) you'ld have some stuff left over since 
you've already gotten the "T"s and the Coax cable made.
It's good that you have those "combo" cards (10Base-2/T) as it will probably 
be a bit LE$$ when you get ready to add a couple more nodes and a hub.  I 
think the TP hubs are a bit less than the RJ-45 ones.
My hub arrived -TODAY-  and so far it seems to work GREAT!!
The SMC cards haven't been tested yet, but the 3COMs are solid!
I was pleasantly surprized to see that it was a STP (Shielded TP) hub and the 
cables I ordered from 'MicroWarehouse' were STP as well.
I now have the 386/33 communicating with the 286/12, and users on my BBS can 
'open a door' and telnet over to the NOS software running on the 286, where 
my HamRadio Packet TNCs are hooked in :)
I still need to learn a bit more about 'netmask' and 'broadcast' values, but 
I'm on my way to getting the HomeLAN operational.   After I get the main 
486dx4 built, the Old CORONA XT (for HF Radio Packet), the laptop dock, and 
perhaps the computer that controls the house hooked in - I'll be a happy 
camper (for a while..;).   I guess then I'll start thinking about the $$$ to 
uplink to an ISDN router.  ;>
I hope you can find a good deal on those term's and that
solves the problem.  Please keep us informed.
All the Best,
           Bruce - kb6lwn@juno.com - http://www.qsl.net/kb6lwn
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