John Aldrich wrote in a message to Ron Howard:
 JA> Hello Ron!
 JA> 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.
 JA> Yes. You need to get a 50-ohm tee and a 50-ohm terminator
 JA> for each network card that you connect in this manner. You
 JA> put your cable on one end of the tee and a terminator on the
 JA> other, then put the tee on your network card. 
I haven't seen any mention in here of the fact that some cards provide their 
own termination,  usually selectable with a jumper or switch or somesuch...
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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