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David Gillett wrote:
> On 28 Nov 2002, at 0:34, Jose E. Dominguez wrote:
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> > Is there a way to convert a BNC type connector to RJ45?
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> Yes, but there's a bit more to it than just the *style& of connector. BNC
> has a single connector and a ground; RJ-45 has 4 pairs, of which one is used
> for transmit (+ground) and one for receive (+ground). A converter is going
> to have some actual circuitry in it.
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> One of my old hubs has 8 RJ-45 ports for end devices, and a single BNC
> connector. The intention of the design is to use the BNC connection to
> "uplink" onto a co-ax backbone, but it doesn't matter -- the hub will work
> as a converter between the co-ax physical media and the RJ-45 ports.
> I don't know if you can still find devices like this new, but it was a
> common enough configuration five years or so ago, so you might find them
> used/surplus.
I left one of those type hubs in place yesterday at the site, that's the solution
that was used before on another machine.
> Some of my NICs have a 15-pin AUI connector on them, in addition to RJ-45
> and/or BNC. AUI is a kind of internal interface standard -- you can buy
> external transceiver modules that will convert the AUI interface to your
> choice of standard media, including RJ-45 and BNC. An AUI gender-changer
> would let you mount two transceivers (of different types, in this case) back-
> to-back. It would be expensive, though -- I don't think I've seen external
> transceiver modules for less than about $40. The gender-changer might be
> something you'd have to cobble up yourself....
I gave all my older stuff away to charity about two months, now I remember why I
was keeping some of it <g>. Good thing I still have some cable.
Jose
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