Connecting To A Network; Connecting To A Thinwire Ethernet Network - DEC VAXstation 3100 Owner's Manual

5
Connecting to a Network
This chapter discusses connecting your V^Xstation 3100 system
to a network. Depending on your work environment, you can
connect to a network in one of two ways:
• With ThinWire Ethernet cable
See Section 5.1 for more information.
• With standard Ethernet cable
See Section 5.2 for more information.
You can daisy-dbain VAXstation 3100 systems to form a work
group. For additional information, see Section 5.1.4.
All networking cables and connectors must be purchased
separately and must be available in the offices before network
connection.
5.1 Connecting to a ThinWire Ethernet Network
• If you are setting up a new work group, you may wish to
designate someone as the network coordinator to help
create and manage the work group, assign unique node names
and addresses for each system, and provide administrative
assistance.
• If you are connecting a work group to an existing network,
ask the network coordinator for the best way to connect to
the larger network. Check that each DECnet node name
and DECnet node number in your work group is unique
and does not already exist in the larger network See your
software documentation.
Connecting to a Network 5-1