Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 17:51:57 PDT From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> To: "Don's FList drop" <freelist@elf.kendall.mdcc.edu> Cc: rhh@ct.picker.com, questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: (?) RJ45 Crossover Cable Question (Pin numbering) Message-ID: <95Aug7.175159pdt.177475@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Aug 95 07:58:39 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.950807104321.23782C-100000@elf.kendall.mdcc.edu>
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.91.950807104321.23782C-100000@elf.kendall.mdcc.edu> you write: > If you make 3-4 a twisted pair, and 5-6 the other twisted pair, your > cable may work for lengths less than a metre, but will fail miserably > for longer lengths. A meter is a bit conservative; I have used incorrectly-paired 10baseT cables up to about 80 feet and haven't had a problem (nobody knew they were incorrect until I watched the guy put one together...) Bill
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