[ot] use of a long coaxial cable

Man-wai CHANG mwchang
Tue Jan 23 06:23:07 PST 2007


> The coax jacket should be marked with a number of things including its
> manufacturer, category, impedance, frequency, and number of feet from
> the end of the roll.  Those markings may still be present somewhere
> along its length.  After all, the markings are made every two feet.

I have look at a longer, exposed segment of the black coaxial cable. It
really has no marking. But the cable has never bought problem to the
10Base2 LAN back then. There was hardly a disconnection issue. SO I
assumed the cable is of a reasonably good grade.

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