From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jul 3 19:22:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.iadfw.net (mail2.iadfw.net [206.66.12.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B2A1D37C20F for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 19:22:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jsmethers@pdq.net) Received: from jason from [64.31.206.115] by mail2.iadfw.net (/\##/\ Smail3.1.30.16 #30.11) with smtp for sender: id ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 21:22:07 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <005f01bfe55f$0b18ed20$73ce1f40@pdq.net> From: "Jason" Cc: References: <200006282148.RAA86638@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu> <20000628162309.A53453@panzer.kdm.org> Subject: Re: RJ45 Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 21:24:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 1 and 2 should be a pair, and 3 and 6 should be a pair. The rest > > don't matter. > > ...unless you're doing Gigabit Ethernet over copper, which uses all 8 > wires. > ... or you want fully standards compliant cables. The other pairs should also be properly connected so they may be terminated and reduce any potential cross talk. But anyone who designs and installs quality networks doesn't cut corners, right? - Jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message