Connecting Sun 3/60 Thinwire ethernet -> Thick EThernet

Barry Shein bzs at world.std.com
Mon Nov 6 14:10:04 AEST 1989


>Anybody know of an easy way to connect a Sun 3/60 with a Thin ether board
>to a Thick ethernet? I know we can get a repeater that will connect a thin
>segment to a thick segment for under $1k, but I was hoping there might be
>a cheaper solution.

The 3/60 supports both thick and thin ethernet, there's a dipswitch that
has to be set on the CPU board.

If for some reason you can't do that you can buy thin/thick adaptors from
people like Cabletron (I'd guess, or moral equivalent) for around $200.

        -Barry Shein
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