From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 11 12:48:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mw2.texas.net (mw2.texas.net [206.127.30.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC1BD37B407 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2001 12:48:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.texas.net (tcnet23-057.austin.texas.net [209.99.97.120]) by mw2.texas.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id f9BJllt06478; Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:47:52 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20011011183109.L10968-100000@big> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:47:35 -0500 (CDT) From: Don Read To: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" Subject: RE: Hardware-advice requested: cables Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 11-Oct-2001 P. U. (Uli) Kruppa wrote: > Hi, > > this is not a genuine FreeBSD-question but there seem to > many experienced networkers on this list. > > In our school we are trying to set up a classroom-network > like this: > In each classroom there is a fast-ethernet connection to a > central server/gateway connection. Up to five or six > Computers can be moved into the room, when they are needed > and can be plugged into our lan via a hub. > > The problem is that fast-ethernet cables seem to be very > sensitive. They break as soon as one looks too hard > at them. Not to say what would happen, when our > pupils/students tried to plug them themselves. > What sort of cables/plugs can we use for this purpose? > It shouldn't be that touchy. Make sure you use CAT-5 rated cable. The RJ45 plugs will have "SC" (solid conductor) in the part number; example from a bag here :AT8X8SC-2224). Buy (& use) a proper RJ45 crimp tool. --An extra squeeze after it click-ratches is not going to break it either. > What does this have to do with FreeBSD? > Now, our chief-administrator allowed me a 5Gig-partition on > each Win2k-machine to "play around" with some kind of UNIX > (registered trademark :-) ) . And perhaps I am allowed a > samba-server one day... > But first I have to get this project working. > "pwactice, pwactice, pwactice." Regards, -- Don Read dread@texas.net -- It is necessary for me to learn from others' mistakes. I will not live long enough to make them all by myself. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message