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To: Spots who wrote (1082)	6/4/1998 8:33:00 PM
From: Sean W. Smith	Respond to of 14778

I'm not sure what that means. Network interfaces (NICs or mobo chips) are protocol-specific. Surely we are actually talking about ethernet here. I can't imagine token ring, for instance. You can't just interchange anything with anything, you know. correct, token ring, arcnet, pc net, fddi, and ATM are all layer 2 network protocols that have nothing to do with ethernet. The words ethernet and network are hardly interchangeable. BTW, terms: 10baseT is 10mb unshielded twisted pair (the 10 is mbits, the T is twisted pair). 10base2 is thin coax (10 mbits, two-conductor coax. These use BNC connectors). 5base2 is thick net coax, which is still 10mb but can have a much longer run than thin coax. I guess I don't know where the 5 comes from. It uses 15-pin sockets. 10baseT uses RJ45, as does 100baseT and 100baseTx. 10 baseT can run over category 3 or higher UTP (unshielded twisted pair) cable. 100baseT and 100baseTX require category 5 or higher UTP. This distinction used to be important, but now if you got to the store and buy anything less than cat 5, you're getting obsolete stuff and you should tell your supplier to, well, stuff it. FYI... 10Base5 - 10Mbps, Base Band, 500Meters/Segment without repeater Thick Coax, Uses F Connectors and Vampire Taps. 10Base2 - 10Mbps, Base Band, 200 Meters/Segment without repeater. Thin Coax uses BNC Connectors. 10Base-T - 10Mbps, Base Band, Twisted Pair generally less than 100 Meters max to hub or repeater. Uses RJ-45 or IBM Cabling System Type 1 connectors. Cat5 is a definetly the standard now. Certain Phy's that conform to the IEEE 802.3 Spec for 100M Ethernet CAN run over Cat3. (little known, but its in the spec). BTW: Never buy Ethernet Twisted Pair cables without the boots on the RJ-45's. Well worth the extra buck. Sean

To: Spots who wrote (1082)	6/5/1998 12:36:00 AM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

>>>>I am using the words ethernet and network interchangeably in this context.<<<< >>I'm not sure what that means. Network interfaces (NICs or mobo chips) are protocol-specific. Surely we are actually talking about ethernet here. I can't imagine token ring, for instance. You can't just interchange anything with anything, you know.<< Spot and Sean I respect your opinion when it comes to networks. But I still don't think I was that far off when I said I was using the terms ethernet and network interchangeably. My basis for my conclusion is the following definition. Ethernet A local area network (LAN) developed by Xerox, Digital and Intel (IEEE 802.3). It is the most widely used LAN access method. Token Ring is next. Ethernet is normally a shared media LAN. All stations on the segment share the total bandwidth, which is either 10 Mbps (Ethernet), 100 Mbps (Fast Ethernet) or 1000 Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet). With switched Ethernet, each sender and receiver pair have the full bandwidth. To read the full definition for ethernet go to techweb.com By the way Tech Web is a very good place to look up definitions for technical terms.