> If there is one thing I am happy about then about then it is that we no longer have coax networks I used to install 10BASE2 and 10BASE5 infrastructure back i

> If there is one thing I am happy about then about then it is that we no longer have coax networks I used to install 10BASE2 and 10BASE5 infrastructure back in the late 80's and into the late 90's. I hated having to install 10BASE5 vampire taps for fear of completely buggering up what were already creaky 10BASE5 networks where the 2.5m rule was widely flaunted by on-site staff. I remember a job at a factory in Manchester where I had to install a bunch of kit on a 10BASE2 installation. The customer insisted on running their own cables and swore blind they knew what they were doing and had done their previous install etc. When I arrived I discovered the coax had been installed in a star config :/ Yes good riddance to coax bus networks.