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| 309724 | 2005-01-02 04:13:00 | The other day I was given a bunch of old NICs - mostly junk, some 100Mb ones if I'm feeling lucky - but a couple of them are a bit different, in that they have a plug on them that looks a bit like a female monitor plug. And these ones also have BNC connectors, probably rendering them junk as well. hmm. Anyone know what the extra plug is? actually now I think it could be a console port. Except maybe not because console ports are male aren't they? hmm. yes, hmm. |
bRaZZiN (2228) | ||
| 309725 | 2005-01-02 04:17:00 | I think it's the old style ethernet plug and the BNC plug is for thinnet cabling. | HadO (796) | ||
| 309726 | 2005-01-02 04:24:00 | nope . . . well actually I forgot to mention that they also have the standard rj-45 plug on them too . Oh and that's right I just looked around the back of the case and it turns out that console ports are actually male so it's not one of those either . . . I'm beginning to wonder if it's for a monitor :illogical (which would be 'illogical' as the smiley calls it) Edit: that's right, BNC connectors are for ethernet too, no? I thought thinnet was an ethernet cable too . . . |
bRaZZiN (2228) | ||
| 309727 | 2005-01-02 04:31:00 | I think Thinnet (coaxial) cabling is limited to 10Mbps - it's old and bs at any rate... Like I said I'm pretty sure it's just an alternative type of plug and I also think you can use Ethernet (twisted pair) cabling on any of the plugs which allows higher (modern) speeds. Well actually probably not Ethernet on the BNC as it is similar to a antenna plug (+/-). |
HadO (796) | ||
| 309728 | 2005-01-02 04:36:00 | ah yes that would make sense... damn, I was getting a bit excited about plugging my monitor into a NIC :P | bRaZZiN (2228) | ||
| 309729 | 2005-01-02 04:37:00 | It's called AUI: Attachment Unit Interface . An interface from a computer to Ethernet, with a 'D-type' type connector . With a 10Base5 Ethernet installation the computer (or other client) is fitted with an AUI interface which plugs into an AUI cable . This can be up to 50m long, and leads to an MAU which is connected directly to the 10Base5 cable . And looks like this: . lapinbleu . ch/reseaux/images/ethernet/aui . gif" target="_blank">www . lapinbleu . ch |
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