Our wiring was done by the facilities guy. He was ex phone company. He thought you could use phone wire for anything.
If the run was long, he'd suggest larger gauge wire. I'm not quite sure the idea of cross talk attenuation, length limits, and bandwidth ratings ever really sunk in with him. -sc -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 9:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs 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/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
