Re: PC connection via twinax ?

[Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Douglas Handy wrote:

> This probably is referring to paying for installation of CAT5 cable or 
>whatever
> to replace the twinax, therreby allowing standard NICs to be used with full
> network functionality for a "proper" job.

Which is why several of my customers remain on twinax......

> 
> Running new network cable in an existing building can be *very* expensive --
> which is largely why the TCP over twinax option even exists.  I think most
> places with twinax cabling still just use emulation though, not TCP.

I have mixed shops that use both, while there is no clear winner, twinax
requires a lot less "fooling with" and cuts down on "guessing" why this 
pc will not come up on the network. I'm in the middle of a big mess with
CA Express and tcp/ip over twinax right now.... To say it's easier to
deal
with is a lonnnnng stretch. I have hated CA for years and nothing I have
seen lately improves that view.......

               (missing drivers on W/98 is the current fiasco)
               (found them this morning on SP2...oh joy !!!)