Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 16:31:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Vincent Poy <vince@venus.GAIANET.NET> To: Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sv: poor ethernet performance? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907171630450.331-100000@venus.GAIANET.NET> In-Reply-To: <045e01bed0aa$6a4cfa40$0e00a8c0@neland.dk>
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On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, Leif Neland wrote: > > > There again, any network installer worth their salt will test the cable > when > > > in-situ, after the 'dust' has settled... > > > > Testing after the dust has settled and while it is in use is > > different since conditions do change. The testers only tests for > > continuity, not the impedance or any other electrical properties of the > > cable. > > > Depends on the tester. Our electrician had a $1500 tester, which gave a > printout of several electrical properties of each installed cable; this was > included in the documentation of the network, which also included nice > cad-drawings of the location of every outlet. I know that can be done... I'm just saying during the actual use of the cable, people don't constantly keep testing it. Cheers, Vince - vince@MCESTATE.COM - vince@GAIANET.NET ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] GaiaNet Corporation - M & C Estate / / / / | / | __] ] Beverly Hills, California USA 90210 / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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