<div dir="ltr"><div>The whole design of 10base2 is just weak. BNC connectors get quite loose with repeated bayonetting, and the terminator + T-connectors needed for 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.</div><div><br></div><div>In my experience of supporting it, it was just unreliable, both mechanically and electrically.</div><div><br></div><div>- Alex<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 10:40 PM Jonathan Chapman via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>So, to sum up, please, please don't use 10base2. It is the spawn of the devil. I had to support it professionally in a couple of different places, and it's utter hell.</div></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">What's wrong with 10base2? I <b>still</b> support it in several industrial installations, it's busy right now making computer chips :P<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Thanks,</div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Jonathan<br></div><div>
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