10BASE2 is a variant of Ethernet that uses thin coaxial cable terminated with BNC connectors to build a local area network. Standardized in 1984, it was the dominant 10 Mbit/s Ethernet standard during
10BASE2 cable showing the BNC connector end
10BASE2 cable with a BNC T-connector
10BASE2 cable end terminator
The BNC connector is a miniature quick-connect/disconnect radio-frequency connector for coaxial cable. It was introduced on military radio equipment in the 1940s and has since become widely used in ra
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. Standardized in 1984, it was the dominant 10 Mbit/s Ethernet standard during the mid to late 1980s. The use of twisted…
Male 50 ohm BNC connector
Rear of a video switcher with an array of BNC connectors
BNC tee connectors with resistive load terminators
BNC connectors. From left to right: 75 Ω female, 75 Ω male, 50 Ω female, 50 Ω male.