Hello! I just asked Google about the problems, and of course it goofed. It seems it has trouble reading its own search box sometimes. Anyway I found a dandy page here: http://retrocmp.com/how-tos/connecting-a-decserver-to-linux Of course the writer chose a different terminal server, not the one I have. But the meaning is the same here. And Dave S I have the Coax terminated with a pair of resistor ends on the T connectors. And one is wearing the same colors as the terminal server. And Dave M? This is a replicate of a problem from around 2019. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 10:34 AM Neil Cherry <ncherry@linuxha.com> wrote:
On 10/25/22 10:19, Dave Shevett via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
For such a short run (a few feet - i believe min is 3ft) the impedance isn't that important, you should be fine. But, use T connectors and terminating resistors (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10BASE2 for deets) on both ends of hte cable. You can just solder up a 50ohm resister on a BNC connector. I really loved working with 10base2 back in the day - got good at stripping and crimping BNC connectors on the fly. Sorta miss it :)
How many of us still have 10Base5 splinters? ;-)
I think it is okay the put one of the terminators on one side of the T, connect to the terminal server and run the other end of the cable to the T at the switch and terminate the other side of that T.
I do recall that the coax had to be certain length. But I can't recall the lengths.
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