Re.17th June - if I bring a computer is it possible to network using co-ax?
Please, can some one tell me what this coax stuff is?
I think it could be possible for me to bring a coaz enabled hub.
Its another way to constructing a network. When I was at UEA it was all over the place. Rather than having ports into a central hub, a long piece of coax runs like a backbone across a number of machines. Coax has terminators at each end. NIC connects using a T-piece.
I worked ok, but makes finding a problem on a long line difficult (you can't just check the leds on your hub!)
Some hubs have a coax connector on the back that allows hub traffic to talk to coax. My small network at home is constructed from some RJ45 hub connectors (which go into a hub), and a COAX line.
Ashley