The neat thing about vampire taps is that you don't need to disconnect the cable so it could be done on a running bus topology network without interruption. If you did it right...
" So-called Thinnet (10Base2) uses cable TV-style cable, RG-58A/U. This made it much easier to lay out network cable."
That's not quite right. Cable TV type cable is 75 ohm RG59. I guess maybe they just mean both were coaxial and relatively flexible.
> The first Ethernet used 9.5-mm coaxial cable, also called ThickNet, or as we used to curse it as we tried to lay out the cables, Frozen Yellow Snake.
> To attach a device to this 10Base5 physical media, you had to drill a small hole in the cable itself to place a "vampire tap."
> So-called Thinnet (10Base2) uses cable TV-style cable, RG-58A/U. This made it much easier to lay out network cable.
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