History Question???

[-=HN=- Wild9]

Im not really all that familiar with how the networks with coaxial cable worked, could someone please explain it to me???

[Phil]

basically they worked like a chain, the network cards had a T junction plugged in and the computers were all conected together with a terminator at the end of wire. If one computer in the network went down it took the network with it. Other than that it's pretty similar to a twisted pair network

[Init-0]

Your also stuck at 10mbits :P
Coxial is also an expensive wire....
Its more effective using a hub
Just a thought :)
Damn i want a 40gbit network line :)

[pii100]

the up side of coax is that it is extreemly reliable and has very good distance thicknet uses thick cables that have more sheilding and are used for backbones thinnet uses smaller cable that is more flexible the down side is the speed 10mbit is usualy the fastest you will get

[su root]

Actually, the old cables are 4Mbps, the newer ones are rated to 16Mbps (although that's a theoretical maximum). Coax is good for distances, but needs to be terminated good.

[Amedeo602]

Originally posted by Phil
If one computer in the network went down it took the network with it.

One machine being turned off or frozen wouldn't take the network down. The only way for the network to be inaccessible with coax (other than the normal server errors, etc) is to actually unplug one of the connections from the T.

[pii100]

the speed is determined by the transmission standard the original coax transmission standard 10base2 was 2mbit but the cable is all pretty much the same i have not looked into the different eia/tia specs or classifications but am pretty shure they are rated to 20 mhz