Thick BNC?
 

Hi

Following a power cut, a client has lost a spur off their network. It's an old inherited part of the network with what I think is called thick BNC, with a transceiver on each end which then connects to a hub using an AUI connector. One of the transceivers has gone down & I'm having big trouble sourcing another one. Can anyone suggest a source for old tech transceivers (I've tried Black Box) & what exactly is this thick BNC stuff called?

One of these...?
http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/hard...?quicklinx=6VX

Dabs haven't got but there should be loads of people have them, Allied Telesyn would be the major manufacturer...

2-3 days from these people:
http://www.microwarehouse.co.uk/prod...px?sku=det1014

It's called 10-Base-5 and uses RG8 coax cable. God, I've not seen that stuff in years. Cut my teeth on that and it was even old technology when I started :)

Also known as Thick-Net (as apposed to Thin-Net). Crikey haven't heard of that in years.

Might be cheaper/easier to put in wireless ;)

Think yourself lucky you don't have to redo the termination ends. I was asked to do that with some hand-held crimping tools :eek: I had forearms like popeye after it :D

Hank

Thanks for your help, but those ends are 10base2 or regular BNC connectors. The ones I need are at least twice as big as BNC!

Ozzy & Miles

I think you have it there guys, any idea who might sell old stuff like that? Looking in old catalogues, I can't find a thing!

The rest of the site has an optical fibre backbone - it's a sort of campus-type layout over 2km. I'd like to get fibre in for the link, but it's expensive for the customer & need to make sure that I can't get the other stuff.

Thanks
Nick

Nick,

is this the "original" yellow Ethernet, as thick as a hose pipe and with "vampire tap" tranceivers the size of a video cassette to connect directly to the cable?

mb

LOL boomer - I was just about to post up about vampire clips :)

That's the ones! The transceivers are heavy metal things about 4" x 3". The cable is like yellow hose pipe - in fact that's what I call it!

No idea if distributors still stock them, but Allied Telesyn do (did?) all manner of obscure transcievers.

http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.uk/en-gb...?cid=14&fid=60 mentions vampire clips.

Try a couple of distributors on Monday (I'd probably start with Micro P), or maybe AT in the UK direct.

HTH,

Chris.

If you get stuck email me as I work there allan.bayman@eu.mwhse.com


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