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to: RON HOWARD
from: JOHN ALDRICH
date: 1998-04-14 07:28:00
subject: LAN PRO Card

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
... Even the happiest of amoebae lack sexual organs.
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