Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 06:13:04 +0000 (GMT) From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: Don Read <dread@texas.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Hardware-advice: cables [solution] Message-ID: <20011012060256.Q12991-100000@big> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20011011144735.dread@texas.net>
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Thanks to everybody who answered. My first suspicion was, that these Cat.5 (or RJ45) cable connections break very easily. But as you told me, they are quite stable. So I had a look at google for cable specifications and found out, that there are "straight" and crossover cables [ www.a2zcables.com has pictures and descriptions of these]. For just connecting two PC's you take a crossover. When you connect a PC to a hub you use the straight ones, ... Uli. On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Don Read wrote: > > 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. > > > > <Dr. Ruth> > "pwactice, pwactice, pwactice." > </Dr. Ruth> > > 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. > ************************************ * P. U. Kruppa - Wuppertal * * Germany * * www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de * ************************************ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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