Finally the a2065 speaks

[AmigaPixel]

A few days ago I was sifting through the acre of debris at an industrial surplus dealer in Florida and found an old AUI-RJ45 transceiver. $1 later I decided to try and get that a2065 and a3000 talking after a decade of collecting dust, last I tried the 3000 wouldn't even detect it. I found a bent interrupt pin and seated the IC's and it came up. I downloaded the Networkbootdisk and it now responds to pings.

The SCSI drive is too small to install WB3.9, but I'd like to install an ip stack to hd. What works well for a stock a3000?

This interesting to me since I am studying for my Network+ cert. What function does the AUI-RJ45 transceiver add to the network with the 2065 Ethernet card? I looked at an image of one and it appeared to have a serial port on one side. It wasn't the best image though.

[AmigaPixel]

I think I have better understanding of why you need the AUI-RJ45 transceiver after looking at the a2065 card more closely. Am I correct you need this as an adapter for the standard RJ-45 female connector? It looks like the a2065 has a BNC type connector.

[AmigaPixel]

@PSXPHILL

Thanks for the info and links, it helps fill in some gaps in my knowledge of the history of networking.