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The convenience of existing cables and connectors seems to be the motivation. > The first Ethernet used 9.5-mm coaxial cable, also called ThickNet, or as we us
by whoopdedo 7y ago
The convenience of existing cables and connectors seems to be the motivation.
> The first Ethernet used 9.5-mm coaxial cable, also called ThickNet, or as we used to curse it as we tried to lay out the cables, Frozen Yellow Snake.
> To attach a device to this 10Base5 physical media, you had to drill a small hole in the cable itself to place a "vampire tap."
> So-called Thinnet (10Base2) uses cable TV-style cable, RG-58A/U. This made it much easier to lay out network cable.
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- tyingq 7y ago" So-called Thinnet (10Base2) uses cable TV-style cable, RG-58A/U. This made it much easier to lay out network cable." That's not quite right. Cable TV type cable is 75 ohm RG59. I guess maybe they just mean both were coaxial and relatively flexible.
- godbyk 7y agoWell, they didn't say 'cable TV cable'. They said 'cable TV-style cable'.
- jacquesm 7y agoThe neat thing about vampire taps is that you don't need to disconnect the cable so it could be done on a running bus topology network without interruption. If you did it right...