Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:47:35 -0500 (CDT) From: Don Read <dread@texas.net> To: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Hardware-advice requested: cables Message-ID: <XFMail.20011011144735.dread@texas.net> In-Reply-To: <20011011183109.L10968-100000@big>
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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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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