y blinking lights 8-).
Regards,
Joseph Gardner
Senior Designer / Technical Support
Kirby Company
Cleveland, OH
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Ethernet Que
>OK, so how much DID you pay for your network cable etc.???
I forget. But let me answer that question with a question - how much will
*we* pay, as a society, when all the hardware stores are killed by Home
Depots, all the electronics/music/etc stores are replaced by Best Buys,
etc, etc, and so al
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Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 3:04 PM
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Subject:RE: [newbie] Ethernet Question (was 10/100 Ethernet)
I'm depressed about the Home Depot plug though. The more peopl who shop
there, the less cool ramshackle stores (like wh
I am setting up another network, and i am going to have to go way up in the
attic and back down thru the floor. This means that i am going to use A LOT
of wire, and thus i am concerned about poor performance. Can i buy something
that will amplify the signal, or should i put another hub in the a
>10Base-T has a maximum segment length of 100 meters, maximum length for
100Base-T is 50 meters I believe. Also 100Base-T requires the use of Cat 5
cable, 10Base-T only needs Cat 3. (I found Cat 5 cable at my local Home
Depot for $67 per 1000 ft spool along with a nice selection of connectors
an
No, it isn't. 10baseT and 100baseT are only specs for the speed data is
transferred. Unshielded category 3, 4 or 5 twisted pair cable is limited to
100m cable length. 10base2, or BNC, is limited to 185m.
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Since you are using 10/100 NICs, why not use a 100baseT Hub? You can find
them pretty cheap off of the internet and would probably give you the speed
boost you want. Like it was said below, 10Mb/s is only 1.25 MB/s, not 10
MB/s. So on a 10baseT network you are running at a MAX of 10 MegaBITS
