[Sussex] Connecting Slackware 10.1 to Slackware 10.1 [Was: Connecting SuSE 9.2 to Windows XP]

[Ronan Chilvers]

Steve Dobson wrote:
> Ronan
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 09:06:44AM +0100, Ronan Chilvers wrote:
>
>>steve at dobson.org wrote:
>>
>>>Okay, so you only need four of the lines for networking but
>>>they are not the same four lines as used by an RJ45.  You can
>>
>>Or 8 if you want 100Mbps.
>
>
> How are the 8 lines used?
>
> I thought that 100Mbps was due to the quality of the wire not to
> the number.

Doh!  You're absolutely right.  Its gigabit that uses all 8 on Cat5e.
It seems 100BaseT4 on Cat3 cable uses 4 pairs, but 100BaseTX on Cat5
only needs 2 pairs as you say.

Sorry - ignore me (and definitely don't ever ask me to wire your house up!)

I'll shut up now.

:-(

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Ronan

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