Oh, yeah... as I recall, we'd remove and reinstall the terminators whilst checking the screw-on connectors on our home-made coax segments.... :-) None of this self-terminating cat5 crap, at least to start with... :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs Don't forget the terminators! -sc -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs I still remember playing network games using the coax network in the apartment I shared with a buddy...and sometimes we'd be wondering why we couldn't *ping* each other over the network and having to go through all the network segments and checking the screw-on coax connectors. :-) That was *fun*! :-) -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 7:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: CompTIA certs Never did the Type 1 cabling. Just UTP. Haven't touched that stuff since 1995. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 16:06, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently tossed all my Token Ring stuff in the trash ... > > IBM 16/4 ISA cards, Type 1 cables, 8228 MAUs, MAU activation device > ... Now just memories, sniff, sniff ! <grin> > > > > Erik Goldoff > IT Consultant > Systems, Networks, & Security > > ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 6:57 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: CompTIA certs > > Yes - that's it. Proteon. > > And IBM, of course. > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 14:16, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: >> "Synoptics switches (not called switches, but it's been too long for me to >> remember the technical term)" >> >> Um, MAU and/or MSAU ( like the IBM 8228 ) >> >> "Token Ring cards from Madge, Intel and one other the name of which I can't >> remember." >> >> Proteon maybe ? Even with their 10mb ProNet Token Ring ??? >> >> >> Erik Goldoff >> IT Consultant >> Systems, Networks, & Security >> >> ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' >> >> >> > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
