10base5 (Thick) Terminator ?

[Tom Peters]

At 08:49 PM 3/31/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>On Mar 31 2005, 12:01, David H. Barr wrote:
> > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:47:04 +0200, Stefan <birs23 at zeelandnet.nl>
>wrote:
> > > This is probably gonna be a really easy question for you guys; is
>this
> > > http://www.mansier.net/10base5terminator.jpg a 10base5 (thick
>ethernet)
> > > terminator ?
> >
> > Err, wasn't thicknet (DIX) the one with DB-15 / AUI transcievers,
> > vampire clamps, and so forth?
>
>To be picky, DIX != thick Ethernet, or more exactly DIX != 10base5.
>  10base5 uses thick coax but it works slightly differently to DIX.
>  Yes, they use AUI cables and transceivers with a DA15 connector with
>that horrible slidelock, and they use vampire clamps on some of the
>taps (last time I fitted one was for a demo two weeks ago), but the
>"Ethernet" cable is the thick coax, with N connectors.
>
> > PS: That connector looks odd to me.  My coax net has BNC T's on it
>and
> > a reflector on the end.  Maybe we're not talking about the same
> > things?
>
>You mean a terminator.  And the BNCs are thinnet, aka cheapernet,
>10base2.  Same speed as 10base5, but shorter (185m per segment instead
>of 500m), and with fewer allowed active connections per segment, and
>different rules about spacing the taps, which are BNC T-pieces.
>
>If Stefan's N connector has a 50-ohm resistor in it, it's a 10base5
>terminator.

Honestly, it does looks like one brand of 10Base5 terminate we used.







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