Hi, there seem to be cable experts here so I beg your pardon for jumping in and would like to ask a question I'm considering for some time:
Do I have a chance to successfully reuse an existing Cat 3 cable (8 wires, installed about 1980 for the inhouse telefon system) to bridge a gap of about 15 meter between the new location of my DSL router and the central switch of my regular Cat 5 cabling (i.e.connect the 100 mbit tx ports)? And what have I to expect if I give it a try? Currently I use a wireless bridge, but the connection between the devices often breaks and it will take up to 15 minutes until they manage to reconnect. The 8 wires a twisted pairwise and the cable is shielded by some sort of aluminium jacket. I don't need the full 100 mbit, the connection is a 50 mbit VDSL, so half the usual 100 mbit would be great. I found there exists a 100 mbit (tx) T4 / T2 specification specifically for cat 3 cables, but none of the devices used in Europe support it. Any hints appreciated. Peter -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
