There is a limit to the length of cable you can use, and data collisions will be
more frequent with more computers on the same coax daisy chain, and there will
always be some bonehead who will disconnect the cable from the T rather than the
T from his computer.
For 2 computers there is also a crossover or "uplink" cable with RJ 45
connectors.
Yes, it is true that many Linux distributions have troubles with identifying and
driving NE2000 clones. The problem is more the vaeracity of the clone than the
Linux driver.
Michael Moore aka Civileme
> On Sat, 10 Jul 1999, you wrote:
>
>
> Thanks, but the problem was my NE2000 card. I simply swapped it for another
> 3c5090 I had laying around, and bingo, it worked. Now I know by using BNC
> connectors I don't need a hub of any sort, so is there a limitation on the
> amount of computers I can daisy-chain?
>
> Jeremy
