Comments on: BUILDING A 10BASE5 “THICK ETHERNET” NETWORK https://virtuallyfun.com/2019/02/15/building-a-10base5-thick-ethernet-network/ Fun with Virtualization Mon, 18 Feb 2019 05:52:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: bob https://virtuallyfun.com/2019/02/15/building-a-10base5-thick-ethernet-network/comment-page-1/#comment-208162 Mon, 18 Feb 2019 05:52:54 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9229#comment-208162 Did one of these on a machine control system in 97. It was our corporate standard to use thicknet for PCs connected to the machine PLC. I couldn’t understand why we didn’t use thinnet. It was coax shielded to reduce noise and didn’t need vampire taps and that big thicknet cable. Nice memories.

]]> By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2019/02/15/building-a-10base5-thick-ethernet-network/comment-page-1/#comment-208119 Sun, 17 Feb 2019 03:03:38 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9229#comment-208119 In reply to tenox.

when we moved from 4Mbit TokenRing MAU’s (the one with the mechanical relays!) to 16Mbit switched TokenRing. It was amazing.

We had Optivity … which . sucked. When we got ciscoworks it was AMAZING. In the bad way OMG it needed so much horsepower it was INSANE.

]]> By: tenox https://virtuallyfun.com/2019/02/15/building-a-10base5-thick-ethernet-network/comment-page-1/#comment-208089 Sat, 16 Feb 2019 06:30:22 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9229#comment-208089 I knew these. I got in to networking around 1994 and I was lucky to regularly use 10BASE2 and on occastion BASE5. I was also lucky to see one of last “real” ethernet repeaters before it was replaced by a bridge. Oh and this was just before NAT and firewalls and I was able to map networks of the whole country with HP OpenView NNM and SNMP.

]]> By: tenox https://virtuallyfun.com/2019/02/15/building-a-10base5-thick-ethernet-network/comment-page-1/#comment-208088 Sat, 16 Feb 2019 06:24:04 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9229#comment-208088 In reply to GL1zdA.

dupa.8

]]> By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2019/02/15/building-a-10base5-thick-ethernet-network/comment-page-1/#comment-208081 Sat, 16 Feb 2019 00:08:39 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9229#comment-208081 In reply to GL1zdA.

I used to have a TokenRing setup at home, but it wasn’t all that fun. I do have a channelized DS3 card for my cisco 7200, but I’m not all that sure if I want to build something with that. I’d probably want to go ATM before doing something like that.

Or 10gig Ethernet.

]]> By: GL1zdA https://virtuallyfun.com/2019/02/15/building-a-10base5-thick-ethernet-network/comment-page-1/#comment-208077 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 21:09:48 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9229#comment-208077 Around 2010 there was still a 10BASE5 demonstration network at the Warsaw Technical University used for networking classes. It was the only time I’ve seen these vampire taps. But I don’t think building a 10BASE5 network is the most extreme local network retro-enthusiasts can build. I think SkyWriter on Nekochan had a full FDDI network set up 😉

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