Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:10:02 +0700 (ICT) From: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: dkelly@hiwaay.net, FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5000' ethernet? Message-ID: <200907170810.n6H8A2BH062744@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <4a602cad.8BLh4Iukknk6sHl6%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <20090715194718.GA16401@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <4a602cad.8BLh4Iukknk6sHl6%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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Hi, > AFAIK neither of these really needs the signal quality of Cat 5 -- > they both should work just fine over Cat 3 -- but surely the higher > grade wire can't hurt (and it may increase the usable DSL distance). I think I remember that the gauge of Ethernet cable is smaller than the one of phone cable: Ethernet cores are smaller, there can be an issue with the quality/strength of the signal. Of course DSL can go over one mile. Olivier
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