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question about arcnet please help??
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| I need some help. I have an existing ARCNET network. I am moving to a new
location and about three months after I move into the building my new
location will no longer need the arcnet technology. I will need the plain
old ethernet technology. With this in mind I still have to have the arcnet
cable which is a rg-62 cable and the terminators are BNC. I am hoping
somebody here knows a way to convert Arcnet BNC connections to Rj-45
connections so I can run cat 5 cable vs. the rg-62. The cost for the
coaxial cable is about seven times as high as the twisted pair cable. Has
anyone done this or do you know of a way to go about doing what I am trying
to do. I believe you will have to run some type of bnc to UTP converter. I
am willing to do this to alleviate having to run the cable. Anybody have
any ideas on how to do this? Thanks,
Brad Wilson
nctarheelfan@hotmail.com
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| Frédéric 2002-07-11, 9:25 pm |
| you can't mix coaxial and UTP in the same segment
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"Brad" <nctarheelfan@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:qhqX8.16655$7k7.298349@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> I need some help. I have an existing ARCNET network. I am moving to a
new
> location and about three months after I move into the building my new
> location will no longer need the arcnet technology. I will need the plain
> old ethernet technology. With this in mind I still have to have the
arcnet
> cable which is a rg-62 cable and the terminators are BNC. I am hoping
> somebody here knows a way to convert Arcnet BNC connections to Rj-45
> connections so I can run cat 5 cable vs. the rg-62. The cost for the
> coaxial cable is about seven times as high as the twisted pair cable. Has
> anyone done this or do you know of a way to go about doing what I am
trying
> to do. I believe you will have to run some type of bnc to UTP converter.
I
> am willing to do this to alleviate having to run the cable. Anybody have
> any ideas on how to do this? Thanks,
>
> Brad Wilson
> nctarheelfan@hotmail.com
>
>
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| diamondĐan 2002-07-12, 7:25 am |
| In article <qhqX8.16655$7k7.298349@twister.southeast.rr.com>, Brad
decided to open his mouth and remove all doubt by saying...
> I need some help. I have an existing ARCNET network. I am moving to a new
> location and about three months after I move into the building my new
> location will no longer need the arcnet technology. I will need the plain
> old ethernet technology. With this in mind I still have to have the arcnet
> cable which is a rg-62 cable and the terminators are BNC. I am hoping
> somebody here knows a way to convert Arcnet BNC connections to Rj-45
> connections so I can run cat 5 cable vs. the rg-62. The cost for the
> coaxial cable is about seven times as high as the twisted pair cable. Has
> anyone done this or do you know of a way to go about doing what I am trying
> to do. I believe you will have to run some type of bnc to UTP converter. I
> am willing to do this to alleviate having to run the cable. Anybody have
> any ideas on how to do this? Thanks,
>
> Brad Wilson
> nctarheelfan@hotmail.com
>
>
>
A possible solution would be to set up a PC as a bridge, having 2 NICs
(one with a BNC connection and the other with an RJ-45 connection)
connecting your existing network and your new UTP network.
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| Jeff Cochran 2002-07-12, 11:25 am |
| >> I need some help. I have an existing ARCNET network. I am moving to a new
>> location and about three months after I move into the building my new
>> location will no longer need the arcnet technology. I will need the plain
>> old ethernet technology. With this in mind I still have to have the arcnet
>> cable which is a rg-62 cable and the terminators are BNC. I am hoping
>> somebody here knows a way to convert Arcnet BNC connections to Rj-45
>> connections so I can run cat 5 cable vs. the rg-62. The cost for the
>> coaxial cable is about seven times as high as the twisted pair cable. Has
>> anyone done this or do you know of a way to go about doing what I am trying
>> to do. I believe you will have to run some type of bnc to UTP converter. I
>> am willing to do this to alleviate having to run the cable. Anybody have
>> any ideas on how to do this?
Pull both cable at the same time. Switch cards and add a switch/hub
and you're done.
Cable's cheap. If you're really working efficintly, you'll convert to
ethernet at the same time as the move and not pull the RG62. Of
course, if you were that efficient you'd have dumped Arcnet a decade
ago like everyone else... 
By the way, there is no conversion. Never was, never will be.
Jeff
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| Doug_Black 2002-07-19, 10:51 pm |
| Hey Brad,
You might want to contact a company called "Performance Technology" here in San Antonio, Texas. They maybe under the company name of BayNetworks who I also thought was bought out years ago. They did have a product and seeing that DataPoint who created ARCNet was originally based here in San Antonio has moved to Europe I can't help you much more than having you chase down one of these companys if possible. You might also see if a company called Ungerman-Bass is still around seeing they made a Fast ARCNet product line as well as EtherNet and they may be of some help too.
The options for ARCNET/Ethernet "bridging" depend almost entirely on the protocols you're using. Get your software guys involved; and if they tell you it's a difficult problem, believe them! I haven't worked with ARCNet or DataPoint products in many years. My suggestion is to install a second NIC in each computer for Fast-EtherNet and get your company off a Dinosaur. |
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