2 Ethernet cabling question
S Mathias
smathias1972 at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 27 10:07:34 UTC 2010
have you ever tried on other frequency - channel?
--- On Mon, 12/27/10, Peter Boy <pboy at barkhof.uni-bremen.de> wrote:
> From: Peter Boy <pboy at barkhof.uni-bremen.de>
> Subject: Re: 2 Ethernet cabling question
> To: "Community support for Fedora users" <users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Monday, December 27, 2010, 2:09 AM
> 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
>
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