Hello Ron!
Monday April 13 1998 03:02, Ron Howard wrote to All:
RH> I bought 2 Lan Pro Ethernet cards recently but without an accompanying
RH> coaxial cable. So I bought the cable separately in a store in which the
RH> technician just assembled it. Now, I couldn't make the two cards work,
RH> there seems to be no connection. Then I saw a message here about
RH> terminators, do I need this to make a connection using coax and how will
RH> I attach this and to where. I dont want to use the other type of wiring
RH> in which I have to buy a hub or something. I'm NEW to this Networking
RH> thing.
Yes. You need to get a 50-ohm tee and a 50-ohm terminator for each network
card that you connect in this manner. You put your cable on one end of the
tee and a terminator on the other, then put the tee on your network card.
Good luck to ya...
John
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