SSJACK@ECUVM1.BITNET (04/06/91)
Out of curiosity, I have a question regarding 10BASET wiring: Can two PC's with 10BASET cards be wired back to back using a single twisted pair wire (RJ45s) with the transmit and receive pairs swapped via a crossover block -- effectively producing a two machine ethernet? ====================================================================== Jack E. McCoy SSJACK@ECUVM1.BITNET Systems Programmer (919) 757 - 6401 East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 ======================================================================
faunt@CISCO.COM (Doug Faunt N6TQS 415-688-8269) (04/06/91)
Yes. It's speced that way. It works. Date: Fri, 05 Apr 91 13:35:03 EST From: SSJACK%ECUVM1.BITNET@ncsuvm.ncsu.edu Out of curiosity, I have a question regarding 10BASET wiring: Can two PC's with 10BASET cards be wired back to back using a single twisted pair wire (RJ45s) with the transmit and receive pairs swapped via a crossover block -- effectively producing a two machine ethernet? ====================================================================== Jack E. McCoy SSJACK@ECUVM1.BITNET Systems Programmer (919) 757 - 6401 East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 ======================================================================
wmah@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Wayne Mah) (04/07/91)
faunt@CISCO.COM (Doug Faunt N6TQS 415-688-8269) writes: > Yes. It's speced that way. It works. > > Date: Fri, 05 Apr 91 13:35:03 EST > From: SSJACK%ECUVM1.BITNET@ncsuvm.ncsu.edu > > > Out of curiosity, I have a question regarding 10BASET wiring: > > Can two PC's with 10BASET cards be wired back to back using a single > twisted pair wire (RJ45s) with the transmit and receive pairs swapped > via a crossover block -- effectively producing a two machine ethernet? > > ====================================================================== > Jack E. McCoy SSJACK@ECUVM1.BITNET > Systems Programmer (919) 757 - 6401 > East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 > ====================================================================== I have successly done what you propose. I have the WD EtherCard Plus 10BaseT card that shows a successful connection by lighting its link light. Wayne Mah ersys!wmah@nro.cs.athabascau.ca Edmonton Remote Systems: Serving Northern Alberta since 1982
swansonc@acc.stolaf.edu (Chris Swanson) (04/08/91)
I have a question about making a two-node ethernet. I will be getting an Amiga 3000UX-D (AUI and thinnet) and a Sun 2 w/ only an AUI port. The machines will be close (within 10 ft, probably within 5 ft). What I want to know is if I can someway reliably tie the two machines together via the AUI ports, excusing me from the cost of a thinnet-to-AUI transciever. If the solution costs more than an AUI-to-thinnet transeiver, then I will just buy the transeiver. On that note, is there someone out there that would be willing to sell (cheaply) a transeiver for thinnet? Please reply via e-mail, I will follow-up if there is intrest. Thank's in advance, -Chris -- Chris Swanson, Chem/CS/Pre-med Undergrad, St. Olaf College, Northfield,MN 55057 DDN: (CDS6) INTERNET: swansonc@acc.stolaf.edu UUCP: uunet!stolaf!swansonc AT&T: Work: (507)-645-4528 Home: (507)-663-6424 I would deny this reality, but that wouldn't pay the bills...