From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Apr 17 11:51:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA29336 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 11:51:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gateman.zeus.leitch.com (gateman.zeus.leitch.com [204.187.61.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA29276 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 18:51:38 GMT (envelope-from woods@tap.zeus.leitch.com) Received: from zeus.leitch.com (tap.zeus.leitch.com [204.187.61.10]) by gateman.zeus.leitch.com (8.8.5/8.7.3/1.0) with ESMTP id OAA05700 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:51:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from brain.zeus.leitch.com (brain.zeus.leitch.com [204.187.61.32]) by zeus.leitch.com (8.7.5/8.7.3/1.0) with ESMTP id OAA29855 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:51:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from woods@localhost) by brain.zeus.leitch.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA16597; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:51:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from woods@tap.zeus.leitch.com) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:51:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199804171851.OAA16597@brain.zeus.leitch.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: woods@zeus.leitch.com (Greg A. Woods) To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: various PCI Ethernet cards v.s. SMC Ethernet switches.... In-Reply-To: Chad R. Larson's message of "Thu, April 16, 1998 16:45:15 -0700" regarding "Re: various PCI Ethernet cards v.s. SMC Ethernet switches...." id <199804162345.QAA09188@freebie.dcfinc.com> References: <199804161611.MAA07218@brain.zeus.leitch.com> <199804162345.QAA09188@freebie.dcfinc.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.45 under Emacs 20.2.1 Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Organization: Planix, Inc.; Toronto, Ontario; Canada Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk [ On Thu, April 16, 1998 at 16:45:15 (-0700), Chad R. Larson wrote: ] > Subject: Re: various PCI Ethernet cards v.s. SMC Ethernet switches.... > > I've run across some commercial cables that were manufactured with > better (tighter twist, proper gauge wire) pairs on the pins you would > use in half-duplex. The other two pairs were electrically connected, > but not twisted and had thinner wire (maybe 26 gauge). You do have to be careful when looking at multi-pair UTP cable. Each pair must have a different number of twists. However on being reminded by your post I ripped open one of the patch cables we were using and found that the R/G and Y/B pairs were the indeed the tightest. > I'd guess the manufacturer was trying to save money (and perhaps cable > thickness) by scrimping on the part he figured you'd never use. All our patch cables do appear to match their labels with 4-pair 24AWG stranded wire. -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 443-1734 VE3TCP Planix, Inc. ; Secrets of the Weird To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message