[rescue] 10base2 Cable

[Doug McIntyre]

On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 05:23:55PM -0500, Grant Taylor via rescue wrote:
> 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?

I had some people fiddle with the cables, because they were within
reach.  But overall my users were pretty well behaved, so I didn't
have much of a problem other than perhaps the print server machines
under the printer, and they got moved around a little bit (ie. looking
for printouts that fell behind, people messing with printers, etc).

But I'd say I'd never have had to replace a T or Terminator. If anything
some crappy NE2000 NIC clone would fry itself first, or a cable got yanked. 

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

Yes, but in my experience, N connectors were rarely used, too much
effort to properly install them on that big of a cable. Just the ends.
Plus if you cut apart the cable the network would be down while
you were patching in. The vampire taps let you do it "live".

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

10-Base-5 cables were generally up out of reach (at least around me),
and only the AUI cable hung down.  OOTH, 10-Base-2 cables typically
ran across the floor, behind the desk, computers, etc. , and who knows
where to get all tangled up in everything.