[rescue] 10base2 Cable

[Grant Taylor]

On 4/9/24 9:45 PM, Alexander Jacocks via rescue wrote:
> BNC connectors get quite loose with repeated bayonetting,

Just how often are things being disconnected and re-connected?

How many mating cycles are the components rated for.  I'd expect four or 
more digits.

> and the terminator + T-connectors needed for 

Last I looked 10Base5 had terminators too.

Didn't 10Base5 also have N connectors to screw onto taps in the event 
that vampire taps weren't used?

> networks make it very likely that users will (and they did, oh SO MANY 
> TIMES) remove T connectors and bayonet on terminators, isolating whole 
> sections of network. Yes, this is a people problem, but it was easily 
> avoidable, too.

How is this people problem substantively different for 10Base2 from 10Base5?

> In my experience of supporting it, it was just unreliable, both 
> mechanically and electrically.

I supported some 10Base2, but not much of it.  I think the biggest 
problem was more with shoddy installation and abuse of the components. 
(Smashing cables, etc.)



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