Apple Macintosh 6500 - Manual (Page 102)

Connecting to a thin coaxial Ethernet network
Follow this procedure to connect your Macintosh to an Ethernet network
that uses a thin coaxial cable. The hardware connection requires an Apple (or
Apple-compatible) thin coaxial Ethernet card and a thin coaxial cable.
IMPORTANT You can connect your Macintosh anywhere on the network;
however, to do so requires that you temporarily disconnect the network,
which will interrupt existing network services and activity temporarily.
Consult your network administrator before connecting your computer to
the network.
1 Shut down your Macintosh.
2 Attach one end of a thin coaxial cable to the T-connector that came with your card.
Don’t attach the T-connector to your computer yet.
3 On the computer closest to your computer, detach the network cable (or terminator) from
its T-connector.
This disrupts network services for other users.
4 Lock the free end of your thin coaxial cable to the T-connector on the other computer.
5 If you are adding your computer somewhere in the middle of the network, lock the
unattached network cable to your T-connector. Otherwise, lock a terminator to your T-
connector.
This restores network services for other users.
WARNING Do not connect the Ethernet cable directly to the coaxial port
on the back of the computer. The cable must first be attached to the
T-connector and the T-connector must be attached to the coaxial port.
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