wiring meant for phone use isn't good enough to be used for ethernet unless it's a fairly new house wired with ethernet in mind. the ordinary phone cable isn't even rated for 10bt, much less 100bt and the way it usually branches to other points in the house (rather than from the room with the computer to the room with the hub/switch) will cause reflections. it might sort-of work, but you are going to get reflections which will damage the packets and result in allot of resending of the same data and really slow down the network.
now, if you can get to the ends of each particular piece of cable and eliminate the branching it should work fine assuming it's new enough wiring (even if it goes from where you want an end, to another unrelated room(s) and then to where you want the other end, so long as it doesn't branch). if it's old wiring you will have problems because of the cable quality which will again damage data packets and result in allot of resending of the same data and slowing of the network. not only does having to resending data slow down the network, but with a high error rate you are going to have some damaged packets that look good to the receiving machine even though they are corrupted. this will do interesting (read bad) things when sent to the printer or another machine, especially if it's a program being copied from one machine to another. Bill Jurgenson wrote: -------- > Exactly. You can also use the telephone wiring in the house if it has > enuf unused lines - or, what I did, use cordless phones putting the base > stations at the main connection, then dedicatiing the rest of the > installed house wiring to 1gb and a switch at every end. That gave me > connections galore on every floor with virtually no "real" electrician > work. ----------- -- Ernest Hemingway once said "The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for", i agree with the second part (from the movie s7ven, and my own sentiments). Philip Stortz, Mad Scientist At Large, available to save worlds large or small, or at least to try, to fight the good fight. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
