• Pollyfunbags@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Yeah. Very significant thing, coax ethernet was different enough to really be its own thing given how the networks were built.

    I tend to split Ethernet into hub-era collision fest ethernet (coax and early twisted pair) and the current twisted pair connected via switches era.

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      1 year ago

      Was always fun when someone would remove the terminator from the end of the coax and the network would go all screwy. For some reason our coax run ended in the demo room and they would randomly remove equipment and just disconnect the coax. Network is down again!!

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        1 year ago

        Was waiting for this.

        We used to have LANs when we were teenagers and EVERY TIME a T-Piece or Terminator would go missing.

        Went to my mate’s place one day and he’s got 15 Terminators in his drawer. Prick was taking them every LAN and screwing the network up every LAN because he thought it was hilarious. Making us dick around wondering why it wasn’t working (back then it was a fiddly thing to have everyone working properly) all the time.

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      Was always fun when someone would remove the terminator from the end of the coax and the network would go all screwy. For some reason our coax run ended in the demo room and they would randomly remove equipment and just disconnect the coax. Network is down again!!

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      1 year ago

      Just in time for us to bring the old tech back like it’s new again - now as 10BASE-T1S!

      (This is mostly a joke and the new medium is reasonable.)

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      1 year ago

      Just in time for us to bring the old tech back like it’s new again - now as 10BASE-T1S!

      (This is mostly a joke and the new medium is reasonable.)