On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 05:16:34PM -0400, George Georgalis wrote: > > so use cat3 for ethernet? can't advise it but if you have some on hand > it may suffice; don't stretch, fold or otherwise push it, also concider > the cost of data loss, downtime and rewiring, should you find the need > to rewire. >
As I said, cat3 is OK for 10 MBits Ethernet. "OK" means "certified". Depending on a host of factors (some of them you explained), it may be able to carry 100 MBits. Some days. Others not. Believe me, it can be a nightmare. It may work for weeks, and suddenly stop working, just because it's now closer to some other interferring device. I trashed all my cat3 patch cables long ago, after spending quite some time in a mess of cables just to discover that somebody thought that a red cat3 cable would be much prettier than a grey cat5. And we had switched this machine from a 10 MBps port to a 100 MBps one. -- Nicolas Bougues Axialys Interactive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
