Hey fellow Canuck,

Either system would work in this case. You can buy hubs that
have one BNC port and say 24 10Base T connections. (Don't forget
the coax system loops though every computer and needs a
terminator resistor at each end of the chain. It would only require
one connection to the hub, if you wanted to support 10BT
connections). For that small of a system, no hub would be required
at all, for an all coax solution.

NOTE: The only problem with an all coax solution, is that if the
coax goes open any where, ie, a student dislodges a cable, the
entire network goes down. That is why I like 10BT, if one cable
gets damaged,etc. it doesn't take down the entire network.

> Dear Friends,
>
> I'm putting together a small network, for classroom use, no
> essential data transfer, maximum distance to hub 5 meters ( about
> 15 feet), using cheap NE2000 clone cards, 15 machine max.
>
> My question is whether in the above situation there would be a
> great difference between using the RJ-245 10Base-T connection
> and cabling, and the BNC 10Base2 port. Do cheap hubs have both
> connections? Can I combine cable types?
>
> many TIA,
>
> Michael Beechey, a Canuck in Sucre, Bolivia
>
Dale Laluk
Design Manager, Lunar Communications
P.O. Box 569, Hudson's Hope, B.C. V0C 1V0
250-783-5365 or Fax 250-783-5790

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