RE: Using 4-pair CAT-5 as two cables

2003-09-04 Thread Tal Achituv
>You sig doesn't make much sense when sending to a mailing list, does it? ;) Its added automatically, by the corporate mail server... I think... This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.

RE: Using 4-pair CAT-5 as two cables

2003-09-04 Thread Alon Altman
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Tal Achituv wrote: > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately and > delete this communication.

RE: Using 4-pair CAT-5 as two cables

2003-09-04 Thread Tal Achituv
>How did you connect the connectors to both ends? Did you use wall plates >or simply pressed two connectors? One side uses a wall-plate, the other just two rj45 connectors... Its quite trivial - each pair uses the regular 1236 pins... (MDI / MDI-X depends on your need) for pinouts google "rj45

Re: Using 4-pair CAT-5 as two cables

2003-09-04 Thread Erez Doron
Alon Altman wrote: Hi, I have a 4-pair CAT-5 cable between two floors in my house. I was wondering if I can use this 4-pair cable instead of two CAT-5 cables to connect to a switch I have at one location. The toplogy is: PC3_ PC1\ __ \ >4-pair=ca

RE: Using 4-pair CAT-5 as two cables

2003-09-04 Thread Tal Achituv
I have actually done that, on a 40 meter cable, and it works perfectly... two pairs go from the cable-modem to my router box, and two pairs return from the switch (that the router distributes the net to) to the windo*s pc next to the cable-modem. Tal.