Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!ukc!dcl-cs!sslvax!gdw From: gdw@sslvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: connecting thin ethernet stations to a thick cable Message-ID: <381@ssl-macc.co.uk> Date: Tue, 9-Dec-86 13:09:41 EST Article-I.D.: ssl-macc.381 Posted: Tue Dec 9 13:09:41 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 11:32:19 EST References: <1097@uqcspe.OZ> <157@pta.OZ> <447@yetti.UUCP> Reply-To: gdw@ssl-macc.co.uk (Grenville Whelan) Organization: Software Sciences Ltd, Macclesfield, UK Lines: 24 In article <447@yetti.UUCP> eriks@yetti.UUCP (Eriks Rugelis) writes: >i've heard others promoting a BNC-to-N connection, butting thick and >thin coax... but i've never heard of anyone actually DOING it! > >does anyone out there use this in a live setup? We currently have a VAX 750 connected to thick ethernet via an H4000, this is connected to a thin ethernet network of 20 Suns using a BNC-to-N connector -- no problems! >would my favorite >ethernet parts vendor support a network configured in this manner? There's no reason why it shouldn't work, so why not? -- +----------------------------+----------------------------------+ | Grenville Whelan, | Tel - +44 625 29241 | | Software Sciences Ltd, | | | London & Manchester House, | | | Park Street, | EMAIL - gdw@ssl-macc.co.uk | | Macclesfield, UK. | UUCP - ...!mcvax!ukc!sslvax!gdw | +----------------------------+----------------------------------+ "Me, i've just died but some machines keep on humming..."