RE: Doubling 100MBit ethernet by splitting the cable <-- bad idea

2003-06-11 Thread Paul Matuszewski
516) 816-4871 V:(305) 799-4871 F:(305) 441-2804 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Patterson Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 3:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Doubling 100MBit ethernet by splitting the cable <-- bad idea O

Re: Doubling 100MBit ethernet by splitting the cable <-- bad idea

2003-06-10 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 19:10:12 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > These cables will buzz out fine with a DC ohmmeter. If you buy > a "cable tester" that says these cables are okay, ask for your > money back. A cat-5 tester should tell you whether each pair is > within 3% of 100 Ohms, and a cable whe

Re: Doubling 100MBit ethernet by splitting the cable <-- bad idea

2003-06-10 Thread cls-du
>On Tue, 27 May 2003 05:40:06 +0200, J F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>Splitting the cable >I've seen a network set up with most of the cables were doubled up to >carry 2 10/100 connections over one wire. I don't think any of the >computers in the office were connecting at 100mb and the network h