10base5 (Thick) Terminator ?

[Stefan]

The brand of these is Transradio (and no, they did not only make RF stuff, 
they also made computer stuff :-) )

At 22:42 31-3-2005, you wrote:
>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.
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>Honestly, it does looks like one brand of 10Base5 terminate we used.
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