[168650] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Twinax trivia check (was Re: Is there such a thing as a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Sun Feb 2 15:48:10 2014
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 15:45:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <52EEAA4E.2030401@bogus.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
----- Original Message -----
> From: "joel jaeggli" <joelja@bogus.com>
> > I thought "Twinax" was an IBMish MILSPEC term.
>
> twinax could refer to a specific technology or to the presence of dual
> inner conductors e.g. in contrast to coax or triax.
Rather specifically, Twinax refers to cable with 2 center conductors in
it's foam or plastic insulator *both within the same shield* -- generally,
I think always, a balanced pair.
Cheers,
-- jra
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