[comp.protocols.appletalk] Can twisted-pair and coax be mixed in an ethernet

haas%basset.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas) (12/13/90)

In article <12924@milton.u.washington.edu> majors@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Majors) writes:
>Can an ethernet LAN (EtherTalk and AppleShare) use both coax and
>twisted pair?  If so, is there any downside to doing this?

We use a pragmatic mix of coax and 10BASE-T Ethernet on our LANs.  There
is no major downside evident but mind the repeater count, those twisted
pair hubs are repeaters.

-- Walt Haas    haas@ski.utah.edu

majors@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Majors) (12/14/90)

Can an ethernet LAN (EtherTalk and AppleShare) use both coax and
twisted pair?  If so, is there any downside to doing this?
The cards are Asante.  Please reply to:

majors@u.washington.edu

thanks

Bob Majors