What is Thinnet?
Thinnet, also known as Thin Ethernet, is the 50-ohm “thin” (5mm) coaxial cable used with Ethernet 10Base2 networks, supporting a 10 Mb/s transmission rate over a 185 meter maximum supported segment length. The Thinnet cable for 10Base 2 has the advantages of being cheaper, lighter, more flexible, and easier to install than the Thicknet cable for 10Base5.However the thin cable has the disadvantage that its transmission characteristics are not as good as the thick cable. It supports only a 185 meter maximum segment length (vs. 500 meters for 10Base5) and a maximum of 30 stations per cable segment (vs. 100 for 10Base5). 10Base2 transceivers (MAUs) are connected to the Thinnet cable segment through a “BNC Tee” connector, and not through “tapping” as with 10Base5.As the name implies, the BNC Tee connector is shaped like the letter “T”. The horizontal part of the “T” includes female connectors that mate with the male BNC coaxial connectors on each end of the attaching cable sections. The ver
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