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On 27 Jan 2015, at 17:24, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 2015-01-27 14:29, Jay Bennie wrote: >> You could go old school and find some 10base2 kit > In some networking circles it is bad form to use copper between building. > > I believe this stems from when networking kits was expensive, and replacing all > your kit after a lightening strike was a horrid thought, but I dare say there is > some wisdom in it still. Certainly happy to hear from anyone up on the rationale, > have a suspicion the book I had that discussed it in detail has been sacrificed in > the interests of web security books - probably short sighted that decision. > I guess it would make for an interesting insurance discussion :) > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq