Subj : Advice needed!
To   : Michael Grant
From : Roy J. Tellason
Date : Thu Apr 05 2001 04:01 pm

following up a message from Marc Weinmann to Michael Grant:

 MW> *** Quoting Michael Grant from a message to All ***

MG> I have read that I need to get "T" connectors, and terminators. I'm 
MG> not certain how those are connected, and what exactly the "T" 
MG> connectors do, nor where to place the terminators. I am also not 
MG> certain whether or not the presence of the primary ethernet card for 
MG> the cable ISP connection will complicate things.

MG> If I simply make the connection using the second BNC type network 
MG> card with coax cable, enable NetBeui <sp?>, and set the necessary IP 
MG> numbers, will this setup then work? If so, what further steps would I 
MG> have to do to ensure that the second computer would then be able 
MG> share the internet connection?

MG> Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

 MW> Well, the Ts are used on the NICs to connect the segments of the
 MW> coax wire. You put the male end of the T in the NIC and twist to
 MW> lock it. You do this for each computer. The network has to be laid
 MW> out in a bus. No Y's, no stars, it has to be in a straight line.
 MW> YOu start with a T with a terminator on one end. Then you take a
 MW> segment of coax and put it on the other end of the T (which is
 MW> already connected to the NIC) and run it to the 2nd computer and
 MW> connect it to one end of *that* T. If you only have 2 computers,
 MW> you then add a 2nd terminator to the 2nd computers T. You can't
 MW> have any coax or T open ended. They need to either be connected to
 MW> coax or a terminator.

There's a possible exception to this,  though.  *IF* the network cards make any 
provision for terminating themselves,  then you don't need either the T 
connectors or the terminators.

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