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What (who) is cheapernet - definition

ONCE DOMINANT 10 MBIT/S ETHERNET STANDARD
10base2; 10BASE-2; Cheapernet; Thinnet; ThinNet; 10Base2; 10Base2 thinnet coaxial cable; 10Base-2; Thin Ethernet; 802.3a; Thinwire
  • 10BASE2 cable with a BNC T-connector.
  • 10BASE2 cable showing the BNC connector end.

cheapernet         
<networking> (Or "thinnet") A colloquial term for thin-wire Ethernet (10base2) that uses RG58 coaxial cable instead of the full-spec "Yellow Cable". (1995-03-28)
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<networking> (Or "cheapernet") The variant of Ethernet that uses thin coaxial cable (RG-58 or similar), as opposed to 10base5 cable. The "10" means 10 Mbps, "base" means "baseband" as opposed to radio frequency and "2" means a maximum single cable length of 200m. (1995-11-14)

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10BASE2

10BASE2 (also known as cheapernet, thin Ethernet, thinnet, and thinwire) is a variant of Ethernet that uses thin coaxial cable terminated with BNC connectors to build a local area network.

During the mid to late 1980s this was the dominant 10 Mbit/s Ethernet standard.

The use of twisted pair networks competed with 10BASE2's use of a single coaxial cable. In 1988, Ethernet over twisted pair was introduced, running at the same speed of 10mbps. In 1995, the Fast Ethernet standard upgraded the speed to 100mbps, and no such speed improvement was ever made for thinnet. By 2001, prices for Fast Ethernet cards had fallen to under $50. By 2003, Wi-fi networking equipment was widely available and affordable.

Due to the immense demand for high-speed networking, the low cost of Category 5 cable, and the popularity of 802.11 wireless networks, both 10BASE2 and 10BASE5 have become increasingly obsolete, though devices still exist in some locations. As of 2011, IEEE 802.3 has deprecated this standard for new installations.