The vendor is responsible for assigning the rest of the address and ensuring unique IDs. Vendors sometimes label their cards with the node address. If the address is not visible, use the diagnostic disk supplied by the vendor. Ethernet Cabling A variety of cables can be used to implement Ethernet networks. The 10Base-T cabling standard, which uses UTP in a star topology, is described later.
Ethernet remains closely associated with coaxial cable, however.
The Ethernet networks have different limitations based on thinnet and thicknet cable specifications. The best way to remember the requirements is to use the following rule of thumb for each cable type. The 10Base2, thinnet topology generally uses the on-board transceiver of the network interface card to translate the signals to and from the rest of the network. A grounded terminator must be used on only one end of the network segment. The components of a thin net network are shown below.