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  1. Xref: sparky comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc:6402 comp.os.os2.networking:2166
  2. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,comp.os.os2.networking
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!gumby!destroyer!news.iastate.edu!isucard.card.iastate.edu!MLONG
  4. From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
  5. Subject: Re: Token Ring wiring
  6. Message-ID: <168A3C295.MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu>
  7. Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
  8. Organization: CARD
  9. References:  <BxwA18.3E1@well.sf.ca.us>
  10. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:50:10 GMT
  11. Lines: 15
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  13. In article <BxwA18.3E1@well.sf.ca.us>                                                                                                                 
  14. shiva@well.sf.ca.us (Kenneth Porter) writes:                                                                                                          
  15.                                                                                                                                                       
  16. >Each Token Ring card came with a cable with a strange multi-spade                                                                                    
  17. >connector at the end. How do I connect the two station cables                                                                                        
  18. >together to make a ring? Do I need some kind of expensive hub box, or                                                                                
  19. >can I just fashion an adapter to directly connect the two cables                                                                                     
  20. >together?                                                                                                                                            
  21. >                                                                                                                                                     
  22. You are going to need at least an 8228 MSAU hub.  They go used for about $300                                                                         
  23. and 8 token ring stations can be plugged into one unit.  There are of                                                                                 
  24. course more expensive units with more function from IBM as well as 3rd party,                                                                         
  25. but the 8228 would seem a good choice for just hacking around.                                                                                        
  26. Mike Long                                                                                                                                             
  27. Iowa State University                                                                                                                                 
  28.